Long Thin Dawn lyrics

That long thin dawn,

That long thin dawn

Is comin' on again.

I've seen the hills of 'Frisco,

The streets of Montreal,

In ev'ry 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.

In 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.

Well, 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.

In that long thin dawn,

That long thin dawn

Is comin' on again.

Right now I'm on the 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,1

All the way to Windsor,

We've got some miles to kill.

In 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.

And I tell him how I long to be

Just like him if I can,

Drivin' like the restless wind

Across this precious land.

In that long thin dawn,

That long thin dawn

Is comin' on again.

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 roll by."

In that long thin dawn,

That long thin dawn

Is comin' on again.

That long thin dawn,

That long thin dawn

Is comin' on again.

1. No, I've never driven one of those things in my life.

• Artist:Gordon Lightfoot
• Album:Back Here on Earth