Tom Russell - Winnipeg lyrics

How's the weather in Winnipeg? The broke-down nags with the bandaged legs At Assinboa Downs? The night we painted the town A dark, dark blue Stolen Thunder in Thunder Bay Woke up knowin' that we came the wrong way So we turned it all around To the cold hard sound To the turnin' of the gears To the blood hard sound The turnin' of the years I was thinkin' of you last night North of the border in the Northern Lights One horse town with the Indian name And all the gentle words - I could never say Love shines in the night - in the morning it's gone away Cup of coffee in old Moose Jaw Used to be the hideout of a bad outlaw Named Al Capone His fedora on Walkin' in the snow We headed west, then it all broke up Skull-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump Rockin' and a reelin' That old buffalo feelin' Of fallin' through the air And never really knowin' how the hell We ended up there I was thinkin' of you last night North of the border in the Northern Lights One horse town with the Indian name And all the gentle words - I could never say Love shines in the night - in the morning it's gone away How's the weather in Winnipeg? When the ice melts On the first of May On those desolate streets One old Sikh In a powder blue cab Is there an Indian name For the love and trouble we had...? I was thinkin' of you last night North of the border in the Northern Lights One horse town with the Indian name And all the gentle words - I could never say Love shines in the night - in the morning it's gone away