Paul Gross and David Keeley

Ride Forever
(Paul Gross and David Keeley)

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 about me be and flip and change
hey, it feels like rain - that's a thundercloud

I've been called a coward, but I've seen two world wars
And I lost my son Virgil - my Korean reward
And my Lucy died last summer. 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 gonna ride forever
you can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call, well its 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 and I still have my bride
And I have my memories - your life it never dies
Like the wind that blows in thunder, like the stallion on the fly I've got it all, and I'm standing tall
Underneath these blue Alberta skies

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So I say to all you old men: don't let yourself get broke
When you think the world's 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!

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Copyright Paul Gross & David Keeley

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