Nellie Kane Lyrics - Phish

As a young man I went riding out on the western plain 

In the state of North Dakota I met my Nellie Kane 

I met my Nellie Kane 

She was living in a lonely cabin with a son by another man 

Five years she had waited for him as long as a woman can 

As long as a woman can 

I don't know what changed my mind 

'Til then I was the rambling kind 

The kind of love I can't explain 

That I had for Nellie Kane 

She hired me on to work that day to help her till the land 

In the afternoon we planted seeds in the evening we held hands 

In the evening we held hands 

Her blue eyes told me everything a man could want to know 

It was then I realized that I would never go 

That I would never go 

Now many years have gone by and her son has grown up tall 

I became a father to him and she became my all 

She became my all