Intro: That long thin dawn That long thin dawn Is coming on again verse 1: 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 That long thin dawn That long thin dawn Is coming on again verse 2: Last night I came to Denver beneath the snow capped 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 verse 3: 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 verse 4: 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 VERSE 5: 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

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque le voyage d'un homme à travers différents paysages, des collines de San Francisco aux rues de Montréal. Son parcours est marqué par les amitiés qu’il a nouées, et malgré une distance parfois imposée par ses propres errances, il découvre qu'il a toujours su revenir vers ceux qu'il aime. Dans un moment de réflexion, il se retrouve à Denver, pensant à sa bien-aimée, tout en réalisant que ses choix ont pu causer de la peine. Actuellement, il parcourt les routes avec un camionneur, s'imaginant un jour mener une vie semblable, mais il comprend aussi la simplicité et la mélancolie qui accompagnent cette vie sur les routes. Les paroles nous plongent dans une ambiance de nostalgie et de contemplation, où le protagoniste goûte à la beauté du voyage et de la solitude qui l’accompagne.