Standing by the grey ice water   Out in the wind, above the ground in the weather   You had yourself a crazy lover   Becoming frozen, trying hard to forget her      You got a job up in Alaska   To save what the cannery pays   There ain't nowhere to spend it   On a boat, it's a fish trap      You took the path of least resistance   On the phone, cutting out talking   Short to long, long, long distance   You're standing by the grey ice water      Standing by the grey ice water   Out in the wind, above the ground out in the water   You had yourself a crazy lover   Become unfrozen, trying hard to forget her      You got a job up in Alaska   To save what the cannery pays   There ain't nowhere to spend it   On the arctic blast      You got a job up in Alaska   To save what the cannery pays   There ain't nowhere to spend it   On the arctic blast      On the arctic blast   On the arctic blast