1968

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

And 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 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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