The Saskatoon Line

Smoke on the horizon, boots on steel

Runnin' from a town that forgot how to feel

Left her cryin' in the rearview rain

But a man like me don't ride no chain

I caught the last train rollin' out real slow

Midnight ghost bound for Yellowhead snow

Conductor said"Boy, what's your crime"

I said"Only sin was stayin' too long in time"

On the Saskatoon Line, where the cold cuts clean

Where the freight cars howl like a guilty dream

I got a pistol heart and a runaway mind

And I ain't lookin' back on the Saskatoon Line

Every mile marker feels like truth

Every tie laid down done stole my youth

But I'd rather freeze on this diesel track

Than rot in a house with my hands tied back

Whispers ride with the prairie wind

Sins I buried keep blowin' in

But that rail still hums like a lullaby

For the men who leave and the ones who die

On the Saskatoon Line, where the cold cuts clean

Where the freight cars howl like a guilty dream

I got a pistol heart and a runaway mind

And I ain't lookin' back on the Saskatoon Line

So if you see a shadow in the Northern light

Don't ask no questions, don't turn on the light

Just pour a shot for a friend of mine

He's still out ridin' that Saskatoon Line