Down at the depot
Standinâ in the rain
Lookinâ down the track
Waitinâ for the train
Feelinâ the same way
So many have before
Pioneers, prime ministers,
And soldiers from war
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Canadian Pacific take me away
All across the land on Van Horneâs Railway
Out in the Dominion, somewhere in the night
Steel rail takes me home one more time
The last iron spike
Sea to shining sea
John A. Macdonald
And the national dream
High in the canyons
Hear the hammers ring
Making a mainline
of diesel and steam
Chorus
Through Selkirks and snowsheds
The âBig Hillâ and Field
Building your bridges
And blasting the shield
Pulp and paper
Timber, grain, and ore
From Waterfront station
To the Atlantic shore
When my life is over
At the Great Divide
Send my last request
Down the telegraph wire
Scatter my ashes
On the rolling boxcars
And Iâll ride away
On the C.P.R
Chorus