My good friend, it's been a while   You're like an honor   Making it all worth   All the time I spent   And all the time lost   And I did need that, oh my dear friend      Oh, Alberta, where've you gone to?   I haven't seen you in months   Well, I suppose that I've been sleeping   And out of context   With all the giants   And all the fragile loves   I'm just now emerging   Within your grace   And I can stretch my arms and legs out   And I can stretch my lungs out   And breathe again      You stir me with lines of endless color   Your radiant smile   That puts the warm to woolen fabric   And in the morning   I'll capture crisp air   To shake trochaic march   I'm just now emerging   Within your grace   And I can see the tops of houses   And I can see the way here   And always home      My good friend, it's been a while   You're like an honor   Making it all worth   All the time I spent   And all the time lost   And I did need that, oh my dear friend