Tom Russell Winnipeg Lyrics

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How's the weather in Winnipeg?
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The broke down nags with the bandaged legs
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At Assinaboa Downs
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The night we painted the town
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A dark, dark blue
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Stolen thunder in Thunder Bay
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Woke up knowin' that we came the wrong way
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So we turned it all around
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To the cold hard sound
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The turnin' of the gears
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To the blood hard sound
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The turnin' of the years

Chorus:

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I was thinkin' of you last night
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North of the border and the Northern Lights
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One horse town with the Indian name
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And all the gentle words, I could never say
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Love shines in the night, in the morning its gone away C
Cup of coffee in old Moose Jaw
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Used to be the hideout of a bad outlaw
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Named Al Capone
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His fedora on
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Walkin' through the snow
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We headed west, then it all broke up
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Skull-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump
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Rockin' and a reelin'
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That old buffalo feelin'
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Of fallin' through the air
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And never really knowin' how the hell
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We ended up there

Repeat Chorus

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How's the weather in Winnipeg?
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When the ice melts
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On the first of May
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On those desolate streets
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One old Sikh
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In a powder blue cab
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Is there an Indian name
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For the love and the trouble we've had