Skookumchuck

Ever walked into a room and wondered why you're there
Not in the sense that you forgot but more like the self-aware
Have you believed in something that gave your life a spark
Only to find out later you were stumbling through the dark

Skookumchuck just my luck a lazy river day
Skookumchuck thunderstruck no more never nay

There was a girl who courted me, the finest I had seen
The blondest hair the bluest eyes, man she was my dream
I followed her from state to state, for her I left my home
She made my life seem easy, without her I was alone

Skookumchuck just my luck a lazy river day
Skookumchuck thunderstruck no more never nay

Driving along the river on the finest April day
I saw her car at Skookumchuck and pulled in right away
As I was trying to figure out what was all at play
I saw a note—it said, "You are caught"—on the windshield wiper blade

Skookumchuck just my luck a lazy river day
Skookumchuck thunderstruck no more never nay

A car pulled up, "Hi, I'm the wife," as she opened up the door
"They're in my husbands camper," on the Salmon River shore
In a flash my world changed, my heart dropped through the floor
Betrayal, pain and emptiness, my blondie was a...

Skookumchuck just my luck a lazy river day
Skookumchuck thunderstruck no more never nay

I hung around in misery, an incarnate Meursault
I guess it was her children that made it hard to go
Ryley was my favorite, loved her since she was three
I'd still trade my life for hers if it ever came to be

Skookumchuck just my luck a lazy river day
Skookumchuck thunderstruck no more never nay

There's now two years between us and life has carried on
In a world of priceless treasure she's a dollar-off coupon
What lesson can be taken from this tale ex nihilo
Beware the blue-eyed siren that dwells in Idaho
Beware that blue-eyed siren that dwells in Idaho

Skookumchuck just my luck a lazy river day
Skookumchuck thunderstruck no more never nay