Long Thin Dawn Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

That long thin dawn, that long thin dawn is coming 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 

In that long thin dawn, that long thin dawn is coming on again 

Last night I came to Denver beneath the snowcapped ridge 

I thought about my darling 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 

In that long thin dawn, that long thin dawn is coming 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 

In that long thin dawn, that long thin dawn is coming on again 

While climbing up a hillside, Bill drops her 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 

Driving like the restless wind across this precious land 

In that long thin dawn, that long thin dawn is coming on again 

Says Bill, "The air is clean tonight", as he puffs a big cigar 

"And if this rig keeps rolling, 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" 

In that long thin dawn, that long thin dawn is coming on again 

That long thin dawn, that long thin dawn is coming on again