Story Behind the Song
A man is lured from his family to make his fortune in the gold and diamond mines in the harsh Canadian north.
Lyrics
Yellowknife
Another young man raised by his mother,
His Daddy left home, went to work up in a mining town.
He gave his son a pair of boots 'cause he thought he'd walk taller
The young man wears them just to kick some shit around.
Now he picked another fight 'cause he lost another dollar
There's no fair play in a tavern of cheated men.
So he yells to the man with the guitar in the corner,
"Play another song, Billy, play it in the people's key"
And as the song rings out, men sit down at their table,
Raisin' their glass, drink another week's wages down.
Then the song brings him back,
Then the song, it brings him back,
And then the song, it brings him back,
To his dreams of home;
Dreaming of home
He's got to get home
He wants to go home.
Well he has himself a wife, but he married her too young
She wants to get away; move back to her Irish town.
He wanted him a son, but he had himself a daughter
He's got to get home to see how her tiny hands have grown.
He tried to buy a house but the banker wouldn't let 'em,
Couldn't find an Irish town so she never felt settled,
He can't stand living poor; he's got to do better,
Gonna follow his old man north to a mining town.
That man, he is Yellowknife bound.
Now the whistle brings him back;
Everyday the whistle brings him back,
Everyday the whistle brings him back
From his dreams of home,
Day dreaming of home,
He's got to get home
He wants to go home
Now another long day is ending in the tavern,
Where cheated men wager their pride, it's double or nothing.
And a man sits down with a guitar in the corner,
He'll play another song and play it in the people's key.
Play it in the people's key
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