Corps of Discovery Lyrics

Hudson Bay blanket, Army issue coat

We're pushing up river t'ward that sunset glow

Flintlock musket and a hand forged ax

We're going to paddle right off the map

St Louis farewell

Coz heaven itself

Knows the wonders that my eyes will see

Oh I've heard some say

Beyond the grassy plain

There's mammoths, lions and giant trees

Mother, I signed up for the Corps of Discovery

Colonel Lewis seems consumed by the thought

Of the tribes that we'll meet by all the gifts that he brought

And Colonel William Clark is a military man

He's rigid and tough and committed to the plan

St Louis farewell

Coz heaven itself

Knows the wonders that my eyes will see

Oh I've heard some say

Beyond the grassy plain

There's mammoths, lions and giant trees

Mother, I signed up for the Corps of Discovery

Whatever lies ahead

Fortune or death

Let it be ever be said

I had no regrets

St Louis farewell

Coz heaven itself

Knows the wonders that my eyes will see

Oh I've heard some say

Beyond the grassy plain

There's mammoths, lions and giant trees

Mother, I signed up for the Corps of Discovery