under blue and silver sky, far from the sea 
snow-laden breezes, wild and free [bad word] to do-si-do my love and me 
in the land of the cold sunshine 
where the [bad word]  a scar, right through the snow 
every turn a vista or a glittering plateau 
we take the high road 
through the land of the cold sunshine 

winter clouds shield the trail a while 
from the heat beating down in each chilly mile 
breathe the freezing crystal air, watch my baby crack a smile 
in the land of the cold sunshine 
snowfall: the drifters are dancing 
the wind farms are waving the winter in 
the buffalo roam through a song again 
in the land of the cold sunshine 

wizard hat peaks all mark our way 
gunmetal sky at the end of the day 
build ourselves a fire and watch the stars wheel away 
in the land of the cold sunshine 
velvet sunset mountain light 
we follow you west into the night 
where a lullabye must be just right 
in the land of the cold sunshine