I've seen the hills of Frisco,
the streets of Montreal
And 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 could not miss them all
In that long, thin dawn
That long, thin dawn's
a -comin' on again
Last night I came to Calgary
beneath the snow -capped ridge
Thought about my darlin'
as I stood beneath the bridge
There were times I've made her cry,
but I guess by now she's learned
Anytime I've wandered,
I always have returned
In that long, thin dawn
That long,
thin dawn is a -comin' on again
Right now I'm on a highway
just east of Omaha
A -ridin' shotgun
on the biggest brick you ever saw
Forty tons of pig iron
and a trucker known as Bill
All the way to Windsor
we got some miles to kill
In that long thin dawn
That long thin dawn's
a -comin' on again
While climbin' up a hillside,
Bill drops her down a gear
And the engine sings so sweetly,
tis music to my ear
I tell him that I'd love to
be just like him if I can
Drivin' like a restless wind
across this precious land
In that long thin dawn
That long thin dawn's
a -comin' on again
Says Bill the air is clean at night
as he puffs a big cigar
And if this rig keeps rollin'
my boy'll travel far
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's comin' on again