Intro: C Dm F G C Dm Alice works the desk at the East Bay Hotel F G In Grand Marais, Minnesota C Dm I came in one night, she said, "I loved your show" F G C We sat and talked on the sofa F G C She's on her own since her husband passed away F G Some surgeon screwed up, there's nothing left to say C Dm Now she works this desk at night and the campground by day F G In a trailer by the lake, until the summer blows away C Dm She read about the job in a camping magazine F G And home was just a reminder C Dm F So she took the cat and dog, stored away her things G C Left the bleakness behind her F G C Even now through the ache of missing him F G She's filled with wonder and far from giving in C Dm She sees magic on the lake in the early morning light F G And talking books and telling tales, we sat there half the night C F And she said, "The more I travel, the more I wanna see G C My kids want some settled life for me A Dm Dsus2 I don't wanna move somewhere and grow old quietly G F C And the more I travel, the more I wanna see" C Dm Well, it's time to make a change, with winter in the wings F G And the East Bay Hotel made an offer C Dm But she doesn't really know, 'cause there's everywhere to go F G C And there's everything that travelling has taught her F G C Moving marches down busy city streets F G Fantastic people she's privileged to meet C Dm And she dreams about Alaska, the snow so deep and white F G And that little town in Texas, where there's dancing every night C F She says, "The more I travel, the more I wanna see G C My kids want some settled life for me A Dm Dsus2 I don't wanna move somewhere and grow old quietly G F C And the more I travel" F "The more I travel, the more I wanna see G C My kids want some settled life for me A Dm Dsus2 I don't wanna move somewhere and grow old quietly G F C And the more I travel, the more I wanna see" G C The more I wanna see"