STREETS OF WHITEHORSE

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Song Title
STREETS OF WHITEHORSE
Writers
Ruzicka
Publisher
DEVON MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
1980's, Games, Life, Mine, Money, Streets, Train, travel, Unhappy, Work
Lyrics
“Go north, young man” the ads all read.
“There’s money in the mines.
But do yourself a favor
And go north in the summertime.
Buy yourself a return ticket
In case you change your mind.
For when you wake up north of sixty,
You know you’ve really crossed the line.”

1ST CHORUS:
And you’ll be walking the streets of Whitehorse
With the money that you’ve made,
Buying doubles for all the ladies;
If you’re lucky, you’ll get laid.
But the bars all close and the cold wind blows,
And you feel like a fool in your summer clothes,
And you realize that nobody knows your name.
You’re just another southern fool in the northern game.

Now you’re living in some trailer,
And you think that it’s the life.
And you say you love your neighbor
But you mean your neighbor’s wife.
And you’re leaning on the bottle
‘Cause there’s nothing else to do.
And you’d swear sometimes those trailer walls
Are closing in on you.

2ND CHORUS:
So you’re walking the streets of Whitehorse
With the money that you’ve made,
Buying doubles for all the ladies;
If you’re lucky, you’ll get laid.
But the bars all close and the cold wind blows,
And you feel like a fool in those southern clothes,
And you realize that nobody knows your name.
You’re just another southern fool in the northern game.

Now some folks learn to love the life,
And some only love the pay.
Some are more afraid of leaving
Than they are afraid to stay.
It just takes a little time they say
Until you realize,
If you think it’s cold in Whitehorse,
Try Vancouver on for size.

1st CHORUS

CODA
But the bars all close and the cold wind blows,
And you freeze like a fool in them southern clothes,
And you realize that nobody knows your name.
You’re just another southern fool in the northern game.

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