"Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea T…"

"Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones."

"Race the roaring Fraser to the sea."

"To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men To find there but the road back home again."

"Oh, the year was seventeen seventy-eight (how I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!)"

"God damn them all! I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold we'd fire no guns -- shed no tears! Now I'm a br…"

"No matter what you've lost Be it a home, a love, a friend Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again."

"And you to whom adversity has dealt the final blow With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go"

"My only way to actually know what I’m feeling is if I take an instrument and just start splatting out words. It’s so …"

"Since I was 13 years old, I've been writing songs about how I feel and mental health. So many of my songs are genuine…"