I was born up north of Great Slave, 1898

And I rode near all my life on a ranch near Devil's Gate

And I seen this world around me bend and flip and change

Hey it feels like rain -- it's a thundercloud



I could be a coward but I've seen two world wars

And I lost my son Virgil -- my Korean reward

And my Lucy died last summer and you ask me if I cry

Hell, I'll show you tears -- they're all over this ground

They're falling from these Blue Alberta Skies



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But I'm going to ride forever

You can't keep horsemen in a cage

Should the angels call, well it's only then

I might pull in the reins



Now, they tell me I'm an old man, they tell me I am blind

They took my drivers license, this house ain't far behind

I say: jump back all you big suits you got something wrong

Cause I ain't gone, no I ain't gone



I am still breathing, I still have my pride

And I have my memories -- your life it never dies

Like the wind that blows in thunder, like the stallion on the fly

I got it all and I'm standing tall

Underneath these Blue Alberta Skies



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Now I say to all you old men: don't let yourself be broke

If you think the worlds gone crazy and it's scratching at your throat

It's time to dust off that old saddle, get it on a horse

Kick up your spurs, we're gonna run like stink

We're gonna tear across these Blue Alberta Skies



We're gonna ride forever

You can't keep horsemen in a cage

Should the angels call,

Well it's only then we might pull in the reins