Numb in Nome
written by Michelle Shocked & Tom Sleckman

I took time out to write to my old friend
I walked that mile across a burning bridge
Mailed my letter off to Madison
But my reply came - down from Nome, Alaska.

Hey, Tom you know it's kinda funny Wisconsin never seemed so cold
But you know you're in the coldest state in the Union
When your fingers and toes are "Numb in Nome, Alaska".

You know, Ariel ran away from home and Stephanie hit the roof
All day long I'm hunting walrus tooth.
I've got a brand new igloo chicken-coop.
I think I'm an eskimo; that's right I'm an eskimo.

1996 WildCherries Music Publishing/SESAC
(a division of Back Country Music Group, Inc, Truckee CA)
and Kellygram International Publishing, Inc./ASCAP. All rights reserved.

From the album "The Free Heel Tapes " by Tom Sleckman and Michelle Shocked.