Well, 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've seen this world
About me bend and flip and change
Hey, it feels like rain, that's a thunder cloud
Well, 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
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
They tell me I'm an old man, they tell me I am blind
They took my driver's 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 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
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
So I say to all you old men
Don't let yourselves get broke
If you think the world's gone crazy
And is 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
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
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
1898 and I rode near all my life on a ranch
Near Devil's Gate and I've seen this world
About me bend and flip and change
Hey, it feels like rain, that's a thunder cloud
Well, 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
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
They tell me I'm an old man, they tell me I am blind
They took my driver's 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 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
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
So I say to all you old men
Don't let yourselves get broke
If you think the world's gone crazy
And is 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
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
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