Long Thin Dawn Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot

Long Thin Dawn Lyrics

    That long thin dawn
    That long thin dawn
    Is comin' on again
    I've seen the hills of frisco and the streets of montreal
    In every town i've been to i've had someone to call
    From winnipeg to edmonton, vancouver to st. paul
    I've had so many good friends i couldn't miss them all

    And that long thin dawn
    That long thin dawn
    Is comin' on again

    Last night i came to denver beneath the snow-capped ridge
    I thought about my darlin' as i stood beneath the bridge
    And there were times i made her cry but i guess by now she's learned
    That any time i've wandered i always have returned

    And that long thin dawn
    That long thin dawn
    Is comin' on again

    Right now i'm on a highway just east of omaha
    Riding shotgun on the biggest rig you ever saw
    With forty tons of pig iron and a trucker known as bill
    All the way to windsor, we've got some miles to kill

    And that long thin dawn
    That long thin dawn
    Is comin' on again

    While climbin' up a hillside, bill drops 'er down a gear
    And the engine sings so sweetly 'tis music to my ear
    I tell him how i long to be just like him if i can
    Drivin' like the restless wind across this precious land

    Says bill "the air is clean tonight" as he puffs a big cigar
    "and if this rig keeps rollin', my boy you'll travel far
    But when you are a trucker you'll come to realize
    The only thing a man can do is watch the world go by"

    And that long thin dawn
    That long thin dawn
    Is comin' on again

    That long thin dawn
    That long thin dawn
    Is comin' on again

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