Hockeytown

My hometown is a hockey town

Out on the edge with nothing around

The newspaper didn't have any news

The Greyhound bus rolled on through

The center of town was a corrugated iron arena

In all of my school days I didn't learn quick

Thinking of the best way to tape my stick

And how to score them goals like Gordie Howe

Bite of the cold air on my face

Frozen fingers as I tie the lace

Hockey's in my blood, hockey's my own true love

I could hardly wait for Saturday

I'd spend all day in a pick up game

Arrive early and I'd go home late

I did my dreaming in my hockey skates

Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr

Were the pictures on my bedroom door

Hockey cards by the crate

I did my dreaming in my hockey skates

Frozen lakes and frozen ponds

Backyard rinks, we played 'em all

Come on and throw your sticks in the middle

Bring along a snow shovel

Let's clear the ice and let's call it the forum

Minor leagues down in the trenches

A high stick and seventeen stitches

Cross my fingers the scouts get a look at me

Sitting on the bench, rinks made of tears

Foster Hewitt in my ears

I can already hear the roar

He shoots, he scores

I could hardly wait for Saturday

I'd spend all day in a pick up game

Arrive early and I'd go home late

I did my dreaming in my hockey skates

Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr

Were the pictures on my bedroom door

Hockey cards by the crate

I did my dreaming in my hockey skates

Everybody at home is going to see me

On Hockey Night on the CBC

Don Cherry and Ron MacLean

The players and the hall of fame

And all them Sutter boys from Mountain Viking

I thought one day I'd really go far

Climb aboard the CPR

And I'd ride all the way down to Maple Leaf Gardens

Way out there at center ice

I'll hold the Stanley Cup up high

Like I already did in my mind a thousand times

I could hardly wait for Saturday

I'd spend all day in a pick up game

Arrive early and I'd go home late

I did my dreaming in my hockey skates

Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr

Were the pictures on my bedroom door

Hockey cards by the crate

I did my dreaming in my hockey skates