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It was a rainy day on Shilshole Bay
I was working at The Boathouse
Singin’ folksongs there
That's when I got my call to start a bakery
on the back roads of Oregon
Near Portland town
It was my Silver City ...it was rainy and windy
It was foggy and cold on Puget Sound
You get used to the weather
and the summers are awesome
And you can still plant dahlias...
they grow like the weeds

Portland changed my life y’know
I bought a house in Rivergrove
And I started up that bakery by the sweat of my brow
And tho I longed for those Seattle days
where Griffey and Martinez played
I said I've got two kids and bills to pay ...
this is my home now

I could feel the chill on Queen Anne hill
when we used to visit Susan there
Above the bay
It was "81" and we sure had fun
rooting for the Seahawks... in the old Kingdome
The sky was claimed by Boeing planes
I could see them through the windshield
Of my blue Vee Dub
And I drove that car, near and far
And finally down the 5 to Portlandia

Portland changed my life for good
and that was 30 years ago
But I still miss Seattle from time to time
My children landed 'neath the skies
where coffee's prized and Jimi lies
But me, I come from Portland, this is my home now
My children landed 'neath the skies
where coffee's prized and Jimi lies
But me, I come from Portland, this is my home now