When I was seventeen
Channel: The Official Crossroad Renegades Page
Date: 10/01/2015

i hit the highway, when i was seventeen, i had a traveling bone in the summer breeze
a pretty a lady wanted company, so i thumbed my way into the prairies.
i walked on to saskatchewan, from northern alberta to regina.
i smoked some real good stuff, i had firewater coming out my pours man
a farmer tan and a bandana, canada's got a whole lotta road man
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but i didnt know where i would sleep that coming night,
just me and the stars sometimes.
and i didnt know then, but now i know what freedom is
no ball and chain on a young boys heart.
and sometimes i dream of the life that i could have lived.
but now i got my head in debt and its a sin.
Well i caught a ride in moosejaw, from a couple hippies going to the peach land
i had no plan of going there, but i heard, the woman were nice and so was their herb.
when  i rolled into nelson, the music on the street was booming
it felt so soothing, it got me moving, so i grabbed my guitar and i tuned it
i made 50 bucks, well i drank away that night.
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but i didnt know where i would sleep that coming night,
just me and the stars sometimes.
and i didnt know then, but now i know what freedom is
no ball and chain on a young boys heart.
and sometimes i dream of the life that i could have lived.
but now i got my head in debt and its a sin.
well i made my way back to the land of the cattle, and i passed the saddle dome
i hitched a ride with a truck drivin man, and took me back north
one hell of a ride from cowtown, no stopping, only shifting down
fort mac bound, where the sound of the wheels keep spinning
way back home, well that it where i come from.