Ride Forever

composed by Paul Gross and David Keeley

performed by Paul Gross

transcribed by John Manning (jgmanning@mindspring.com)

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 thundercloud.

Well I've been called a coward, but I've seen two World Wars.

And I lost my son Virgil, a 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.

Now 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 said "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.

So I say to all you old men: Don't let yourselves get broke.

If you think the world's gone crazy and it's scratching at your throat

it's time to dust off that old saddle and 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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Notes:

This is from the CD "due South: Original Television Soundtrack"

(Unforscene Music).