'Wednesday In Words' : The Rural Alberta Advantage-"The Ballad of the RAA"

This week on one of our new features, 'Weds. in Words' we take a look at the band The Rural Alberta Advantage and the track, "The Ballad of the RAA." The Rural Alberta Advantage were born out of Canadian singer/songwriter Nils Edenloff's exodus from Edmonton, Alberta to Toronto, Ontario in 2003 that not only inspired the band's name, but also became the meat of his subject matter on the bands debut disc, as Edenloff's lyrics documented his feelings of loneliness and of being homesick after the move. Give it a listen and read along below.

The Rural Alberta Advantage-"The Ballad of the RAA"
We invariably left the prairies
In my heart
Since we never moved an inch
Does the love grow home with the wild rose?
now somethings moving out here

We invariably left the prairies
In my heart
Since we never moved an inch
Then you found me alone on a Friday,
now somethings moving out here

Swap Garneau for Dundas
My parents for your dad
The Rockies for the Great Lakes
And my heart pounds as you say

Swap Garneau for Dundas
My parents for your dad
Rockies or the Great Lakes
And my heart pounds as you say

And all these things will past
It's the good ones that will last
And right here what we've had
Is a good thing, it will last

And all these things will past
It's the good ones that will last
And right here what we've had
Is a good thing, it will last

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