Packing up my things to go
While you were asleep
I got the last flight out of Burbank
Feels too late to turn back now
Sleepwalk through the airport
See a man holding my name up
On a perfect piece of paper
Must be time to wake up now

Had to come here to go there
And now that I'm here
Now that you and I know
Oh, going to Nanaimo
Oh, going to Nanaimo

This is just a memory
Someday soon, I'll have to leave
Write my final melody
Be right where I'm supposed to be
Soon enough, the tides will turn
I'll get my feet back on the Earth
What's that planted in the dirt?
Just another lesson learned

Had to come here to go there
And now that I'm here
Now that you and I know
Oh, going to Nanaimo
Oh, going to Nanaimo

Oh, going to Nanaimo
Oh, going to Nanaimo