1.

(# 25 country hit)

Canadian Pacific

Ray Griff

© Blue Echo Music, ASCAP

(Canadian Pacific)

I rode your ocean liner to New Foundland
Where I made a livin' in an iron mine
When I got my fill I went to Nova Scotia
And I fished them salty waters for a time

Passin' through Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
I could see them rocks and cliffs of solid stone
Listening to the seagulls calling to each other
Made me miss my darlin' and my distant home

Canadian Pacific carry me three thousand miles
Through the valleys and the forests to the sunshine of her smile
Cross the plains and rugged mountains keep this wanderin' boy from harm
Canadian Pacific take me to my baby's arms

The Atlantic disappeared on the horizon
And Quebec lay waitin' for me down the track
For a while I drove a truck to keep from starvin'
In Ontario I was a lumberjack

Manitoba and Saskatchewan then followed
Where the wheat fields and the old Red River flows
In the quiet hours you whistle on the prairie
Touched my heart and set my memories aglow

I could feel the nearness of her warm soft kisses
When you rolled into Alberta westward bound
I worked on an oil rig to make some money
For a ticket to the sweetest girl around

Pushin' on past Lake Louise in all it's splendor
Where the trees and Rockies touch the sky above
I got to British Columbia and heaven
On your tracks I made it back to my true love

Canadian Pacific carry me three thousand miles
Through the valleys and the forests to the sunshine of her smile
Cross the plains and rugged mountains you kept this wanderin' boy from harm
Canadian Pacific you took me to my baby's arms

Canadian Pacific carry me three thousand miles...

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2.

I'm Gonna Be A Country Boy Again

Buffy Sainte Marie

© Gypsy Boy Music, ASCAP

The rain is fallin' lightly on the buildings and the cars
I said goodbye to city friends department stores and bars
The lights of town are at my back my heart is full of stars
And I'm gonna be a country boy again

Yes I'm gonna be a country boy again
With an old brown dog and a big front porch and rabbits in the pen
I tell you all the lights in the city don't amount to an acre of green
And I'm gonna be a country boy again

I've spent some time in study and I've taken my degrees
I memorized my formuli my A's and B's and C's
What I know came long ago and not from such as these
So I'm gonna be a country boy again

I've wandered in the hearts of man looking for a sign
In which I might learn happiness I might know peace of mind
The only one that taught me was the south wind through the pines
So I'm gonna be a country boy again

Oh yes I'm gonna be a country boy again...

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3.

Shake The Dust

Alan McRae

© Cenint Music, ASCAP

Ten more miles to the Lake Head Junction
To the timber she's a comin' round the bend round the bend
Travelin' man gonna jump the boxcar
Shake the dust find a woman make a friend

Ten more miles (ten more miles) to the great lake waters
You've been ridin' many a mile many a mile
Prairie winds from the golden wheat fields
Are whisperin' shake the dust and stay awhile

Shake the dust from your blue jeans the sand from your shoes
At the Twin City junction shake the dust my boy what can you lose

Ten more miles to the northwest junction
By the waters and shores of Evergreen have you been
Long steel rail to my destination
Shake the dust it's a good town nice and clean

Streams of gold (streams of gold) from the big elevators
And the boxcars unloadin' up ahead that we got bread
Cast a line on the Great Lake waters
Shake the dust find a woman like I said

Shake the dust from your blue jeans the sand from your shoes
At the Twin City junction shake the dust my boy what can you lose

Travelin' man (travelin' man) got rails of silver
To carry you across the northern shore northern shore
By the waters of the Lake Head Junction
Shake the dust my boy you're welcome at the door
Shake the dust my boy you're welcome at the door

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4.

Together Alone

Bruce Cockburn

© Coseb Music, BMI

So many things to see in this old world
But all I can see is you
In a crowded subway train walkin' in the country rain
You're there with me too

Of all the songs sung in any day
Your voice is all I hear
Though each song has its own place finished quickly fades away
I hear you everywhere

And though I know you won't be pleased with all that I do
Surely we can find a way to overlook what you don't like I

Well it's been said many times that we're all by ourselves
And each man is on his own
I don't care that may be true I just want to be with you
Together alone
[ instrumental ]
And though I know you won't be pleased with all that I do
Surely we can find a way to overlook what you don't like I

Well it's been said many times that we're all by ourselves...

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5.

(# 15 country hit)

Steel Rail Blues

Gordon Lightfoot

© Witmark And Sons, ASCAP

Well I got my mail late last night
A letter from a gal who found the time to write
To her lonesome boy somewhere's in the night
She sent me a railroad ticket too to take me to her lovin' arms
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Uh huh oooh ooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

Well I been uptight most every night
Walkin' around the streets of this old town
Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
My good old car she done broke down cause I drove it into the ground
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Well I look over yonder across that plain
The big drive wheels a poundin' along the ground
Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
I ain't had a home cooked meal Lord I need one now
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Uh huh oooh ooh oooh oooh...

Well here I am with my hat in my hand
Standin' on a broad highway would you give a ride
To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
I went in town for one last round I gambled my ticket away
And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love

Uh huh oooh ooh oooh oooh...

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6.

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

© Siquomb Pub, BMI

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air
Feathered canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun they rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels the dizzy dancing way you feel
When every fairytale comes real I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show you leave 'em laughin' when you go
And if you care don't let them know don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
Give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say I love you right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange they shake their heads they say I've changed
But something's lost and something's gained in living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

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7.

Sisters Of Mercy

Leonard Cohen

© ATV Songs, BMI

Oh the sisters of mercy they are not departed or gone
They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on
And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song
I hope you run into them you who've been traveling so long

Yes you who must leave everything that you cannot control
It begins with your family but soon it gets around to your soul
Well I've been where you're hanging I think I can see how you're pinned
When you're not feeling holy your loneliness tells you that you've sinned

Well they laid down beside me I made my confession to them
They touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem
If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn
They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem

When I left they were sleeping I hope you run into them soon
Don't turn on the lights you can read their address by the moon
And it won't make me jealous if I hear that they've sweetened your night
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right

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8.

(# 9 country hit)

Early Morning Rain

Gordon Lightfoot

© Witmark And Sons, ASCAP

In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand
I'm a long ways from home and I miss my loved ones so
In the early morning rain with no place to go

Out on runway number 9 big 707 set to go
But I'm standin' on the grass where the cold winds blow
Well the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
There she goes my friend she's a rolling now at last

Hear the mighty engines roar see the silver bird on high
She's away and westward bound far above the clouds she'll fly
Where the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shine
She'll be flying o'er my home in about three hours time

This old airport's got me down it's no earthly good to me
Cause I'm stuck here on the ground as cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a big jet plane like you can an old freight train
So I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain
So I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain

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9.

My Nova Scotia Home

Hank Snow

© Hill And Range Songs, BMI

There's a place I'll always cherish neath the blue Atlantic skies
Where the shores down in Cape Breton bid the golden sun to rise
And the fragrance of the apple blossom above the dew-kissed lawn
Back in dear old Nova Scotia the place where I was born

The Scotian and the Ocean Limited and the Maritime Express
Their mighty engines throbbing make their way towards the west
And the sturdy fishin' schooners sway so lazy to and fro'
Nova Scotia is my sanctuary and I love her so
[ instrumental ]
Far across the great Dominion I have traveled far and wide
Where the shores out in Vancouver kiss the blue Pacific tide
I have crossed the snow-capped Rockies saw the wheat fields' golden blaze
Headed back to Nova Scotia where I'll spend my twilight days

Where the pretty robin red breast sings for loved ones in the trees
And the French dialect in old Quebec keeps a callin' out to me
It seems to say be on your way there's a welcome at the door
Where the kinfolks are a waitin' on that green Atlantic shore
[ instrumental ]
Down through beautiful New Brunswick and across to PEI
To the rock-bound coasts of Newfoundland I'll love them till I die
But if God came here on Earth with us and asked for a little rest
I'd take him to my Nova Scotia home the place that I love best

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10.

Summer Wages

Ian Tyson

© WB Music, ASCAP

Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer
For you know that the odds won't ride with you
And never leave your woman alone when your friends are out to steal her
Years are gambled and lost like summer wages

And we'll keep a rolling on till we get to Vancouver
And the woman that I love who's living there
It's been six long months and more since I've seen her
She may be gambled and gone like summer wages

In all the beer taverns all down along Young Street
The dreams of the seasons are all spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber just waitin' for fallin'
And the hustlers sitting watchfully as they wait there by the door

So I'll work on them towboats with my slippery city shoes
Which I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fog-bound straits where the cedars stand watching
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages

She's a woman so fine I may never try to find her
For good mem'ries are what we had before
They should never be chained for they're all that I'll take with me
Now I've gambled and lost like summer wages
Years are gambled and lost my summer wages

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11.

Long Thin Dawn

Gordon Lightfoot

© Callee Music, ASCAP

I've seen the hills of Frisco 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 could not miss them all
In that long thin dawn
That long thin dawn is 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 made her cry but I guess by now she's learned
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 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 that I'd love 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 at night 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

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