I can't say that I miss my old dog much   And I've never looked back since I left home long ago   But I hoped a trip into the country   Would help remind me all the things I used to know      That's what I came for   That's what I hoped for      There once was good blood in the breeze here   We rode across the lake each new year   What have I remembered   What did this used to be      The ice, it used to shine upon our river   It was a mirror that the cold dark water ran way deep beneath   And here were many years of winter drownings   I kept track of these things as they were told to me      And that's what I came for   That's what I hoped for      There once was good blood in the breeze here   We rode across the lake each new year   What have I remembered   What did this used to be      The changes of the year were once a blessing   Well this year they're the seasons of my discontent   But I cannot rewrite my old diaries   I can only recall all the things that came & went      And that's what I came for   That's what I hoped for      There once was good blood in the breeze here   We rode across the lake each new year   What have I remembered   What did this used to be   (2x)