All that love all those mistakes
What else can a poor man make
So I gave up a life of crime
I gave it to a friend of mine
Something else was on my mind
The only ghost I ' m haunted by
I hear her howling down below
Idaho oh Idaho
Wolves oh wolves oh can ' t you see
Ain ' t no wolf can sing like me
And if it could then I suppose
He belongs in Idaho
Packs of dogs and cigarettes
For those who ain ' t done packing yet
My clothes are packed and I want to go
Idaho oh Idaho
Out at sea for seven years I got your letter in Tangier
Thought that I ' d been on a boat
' Til that single word you wrote
That single word it landlocked me
Turned the masts to cedar trees
And the winds to gravel roads
Idaho oh Idaho