
	There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real But time has no beginnings and hist’ry has no bounds As to this verdant country they came from all around They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall And they built the mines the mills and the factories for the good of us all And when the young man’s fancy was turnin’ to the spring The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay For they looked in the future and what did they see They saw an iron road runnin’ from sea to the sea Bringin’ the goods to a young growin’ land All up through the seaports and into their hands Look away said they across this mighty land From the eastern shore to the western strand Bring in the workers and bring up the rails We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Open ’er heart let the life blood flow Gotta get on our way ’cause we’re movin’ too slow Bring in the workers and bring up the rails We’re gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Open ’er heart let the life blood flow Gotta get on our way ’cause we’re movin’ too slow Get on our way ’cause we’re movin’ too slow Behind the blue rockies the sun is declinin’ The stars, they come stealin’ at the close of the day Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away We are the navvies who work upon the railway Swingin’ our hammers in the bright blazin’ sun Livin’ on stew and drinkin’ bad whiskey Bendin’ our old backs ’til the long days are done We are the navvies who work upon the railway Swingin’ our hammers in the bright blazin’ sun Layin’ down track and buildin’ the bridges Bendin’ our old backs ’til the railroad is done So over the mountains and over the plains Into the muskeg and into the rain Up the st. lawrence all the way to gaspe Swingin’ our hammers and drawin’ our pay Drivin’ ’em in and tyin’ ’em down Away to the bunkhouse and into the town A dollar a day and a place for my head A drink to the livin’ and a toast to the dead Oh the song of the future has been sung All the battles have been won O’er the mountain tops we stand All the world at our command We have opened up the soil With our teardrops and our toil For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real When the green dark forest was too silent to be real And many are the dead men too silent to be real More lyrics from Gordon Lightfoot .: 10 Degrees & Getting Colder .: 10 Degrees And Getting Colder .: 14 Karat Gold .: A Lesson in Love .: A Message to The Wind .: A Minor Ballad .: A Painter Passing Through .: A Passing Ship .: A Tree Too Weak to Stand .: Affair on 8th Avenue .: Alberta Bound .: All I'm After .: All The Lovely Ladies .: Always on The Bright Side .: Anything for Love .: Apology .: Approaching Lavender .: Baby Step Back .: Ballad of Yarmouth Castle .: Beautifuel .: Bells of The Evening .: Bend in The Water .: Betty Called Me In .: Biscuit City .: Bitter Green .: Black Day in July .: Blackberry Wine .: Boathouse .: Borderstone .: Boss Man .: Brave Mountaineers .: Broken Dreams .: Cabaret .: Can't Depend on Love .: Canadian Railroad Trilogy .: Canary Yellow Canoe .: Carefree Highway .: Changes .: Cherokee Bend .: Christian Island .: Circle of Steel .: Cobwebs Dust .: Cold Hands from New York .: Cold on The Shoulder .: Cotton Jenny .: Crossroads .: Daylight Katy .: Did She Mention My Name .: Does Your Mother Know .: Don Quixote .: Don't Beat Me Down .: Dream Street Rose .: Dreamland .: Drifters .: Drink Yer Glasses Empty .: Early Mornin' Rain .: Early Morning Rain .: East of Midnight .: Endless Wire .: Fading Away .: Farewell to Annabel .: Fine as Fine Can Be .: For Lovin' Me .: Forgive Me Lord .: Ghosts of Cape Horn .: Go Go Round .: Go My Way .: Gotta Get Away .: Hangdog Hotel Room .: Heaven Don't Deserve Me .: Heaven Help The Devil .: Hey You .: Hi'way Songs .: High & Dry .: Home from The Forest .: I Used to Be a Country Singer .: I Want to Hear It from You .: I'd Do It Again .: I'd Rather Press On .: I'll Be Alright .: I'll Do Anything .: I'll Prove My Love .: I'll Tag Along .: I'm Not Sayin' .: I'm Not Supposed to Care .: If Children Had Wings .: If I Could .: If It Should Please You .: If There's a Reason .: If You Could Read My Mind .: If You Got It .: If You Need Me .: In a Windowpane .: In My Fashion .: Is There Anyone Home .: It's Too Late, He Wins .: It's Worth Believin' .: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues .: Keepin' on Yearning .: Knotty Pine Click here for all the other lyrics of Gordon Lightfoot !

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