• To live in north-west Washington is to live in rain,
    to be soaked to the bone time and again.
    To live in north-west Washington (the record shows)
    is to think it a miracle if four times it snows.
    To live in north-west Washington is to know that, to have any fun,
    you must not wait inside for the glowing warmth of the sun.
    To live in north-west Washington is to go to the beach,
    but to know that swimming would be too cold for speech!
    To live in north-west Washington can seem rather dreary,
    because the sky is almost always overcast and teary,
    but I would stay here a hundred years more
    to stay with my family and friends I adore.