long thin dawn

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