The Cutter (Live)

When you arrived in Canada you walked the streets Out of the work, out of money, prospects bleak The plane comes down in the morning sky And you touch the land where the fire won't die Oh Johnny, you're home, man It's a long road You drove us down It's only a moment Since the diesels turned And now the blade cuts clean through the island soil The years roll back and the world grows small You stand on the banks in the wind and the rain And all of your money now can't hide the pain Oh Johnny, you're home, man It's a long road You drove us down It's only a moment Since the diesels turned Heath flame is burning bright Burning every night, it's winter in Ontario The wheels that turned us village kids Carry through the heaths They no longer turn for you So you hold your mother and you bless the air With the tears of the emigrant, tongue of the Gael The plane takes off in a clear blue sky Life's a long lost list of last goodbyes Oh Johnny, you're home, man That's a long road You drove us down It's only a moment Since the diesels turned Johnny, you're home, man That's a long road You drove us down It's only a moment Since the diesels turned (Oh yeah)