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Palliser's Triangle

from The City Phenomenal by Billy Cromb

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The prairies are full of landscapes that can't help but evoke an emotion. It's hard to look at the desolate, beautiful stretch of land in southeastern Alberta that this song was inspired by and not feel a little lonely and insignificant.

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Don't you know I tried to call you
From the highway on my way home
But the cell tower
Reception isn't so good

Even when all the signal has
Is bald prairie to cross
There's a distance we can't bridge

I squint my eyes against the sunlight
And look out across the badlands
Scanning the horizon for a sign of life
Maybe somebody understands

The sun is high in a cloudless sky
The horizon is clear on all sides
There's a distance we can't bridge

Remembering back when I was so naive
I thought we'd all stay grounded in the same place
Now even with thousands of kilometers of highways and railways and infrastructure
Distance is a barrier that we can't break down, that we can't ignore

So yeah I tried to call you
From the highway on my way home
I was wondering if
You're gonna be in town this summer anytime

I crumble the dry, lifeless sand
Of Palliser's Triangle in my hand
There's a distance we can't bridge

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from The City Phenomenal, released November 10, 2012

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