We gather at Dorval to board
What they call the moderators’ flight
Montreal to Toronto, the last one
Leaves at ten thirty at night
You can just watch two focus groups
Downtown somewhere
And if you jump through hoops
A taxi will get you there
Northern lights, shining down
A comet and the moon
All in the sky at once
I won’t forget it soon
I’d been in Montreal
Polling the ’97 election
Jean Chretien was going to take it all
The Tories couldn’t get any action
Reduced to two seats
Jean Charest and Elsie Wayne
They were in Reform’s sights
Preston Manning was their bane
Northern lights, shining down
A comet and the moon
All in the sky at once
I won’t forget it soon
I took a window seat at the front
Never an aisle for me
I got out my binos (I won’t
Travel without them). I gotta see
We passed through 10,000 feet
A band of light cloud to the north
Comet Hale-Bopp rode high, the Aurora below
Under it all the moon shone forth
Northern lights, shining down
A comet and the moon
All in the sky at once
I won’t forget it soon