The Caledonia Avalanche Blues

Written by TJ Cole aka TJ Colatrella, for and about The Band...
Recorded by The Beards in 2008.
Use by permission TJ Cole aka TJ Colatrella.

From Helena and Toronto, and anywhere that road might go
They'd sing so high and sing so low, across that great divide

That rag tag choir, around the bend
You'll never see their likes again
Vagabonds of the same mind, makin good for some unspoken crime

From Memphis to New Orleans, a song for those of lesser means
They backed the best, and taught the rest
With church organ, and dirge drum

Through frost and fire, crash and rust
An every single petty bust
Brought chronicles to the rest of us 
Of the America they had seen
The way things might have been 
Like livin in a dream...

From Helena and Toronto
And anywhere that road would go....