Longest Stretch of Road

Words & Music by Tim Hus
Copyright Tim Hus Music 2004


Yellowhead Highway, that is my run
I drive a big Freightliner and my work ain’t ever done
I load ‘em up and go, unload, load, load and back again
Back and forth that is my course, this run don’t ever end

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Winnipeg to Edmonton
Edmonton to Winnipeg
Either side of Saskatoon that is the longest leg
Eight-hundred-thirteen miles she’s my prairie girl
The longest stretch of road in the world

I drove her in the Wintertime at thirty-eight below
I couldn’t see the road ahead for all the drifting snow
Frozen axle, B-Train, icicles on the door
And even I ain’t ever seen nothin’ like that before

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The prairies are my backyard, my home’s a sleeper cab
The blue sky is a friend of mine, you know it ain’t that bad
Here comes another trucker, hey look it’s Whiskey Jack!
Blow the air horn three times and I’ll see him comin’ back

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Someday I’ll own a ranch out here on the plains
I’ll get a herd of cattle and I’ll brand them with my name
I’ll build myself a home down by the highway side
Where I can hear the big rigs when they’re rollin’ by

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