Yellowhead Road Lyrics by Beth Carvalho in Prairieography Album.
Yellowhead Road Lyric
She was an only child, she didn’t come from much
My girl was strong and sure, she was sharp and tough
In a small town bar, on a Saturday night
Playoff hockey game, my whole world felt right
We married young and that first child she came
Not a day before my Katie turned 23
You know how times they get hard, there wasn’t any work left in town
So I got my Class 1 license, I was highway bound
These eighteen wheels gotta make two more stops
One to pick up the package and the other to drop it off
Ten kilo load on the Yellowhead Road
A hundred miles behind me, 7 years to go
Had to make my girl some money, rules are just there to bend
Made a 25 cent call to a cousin of a friend
The blue lights they flashed, they lit up that prairie night
Two Mounties on the left, two more walking up on the right
She must have waited all night for my call, must have felt like 15 years
They had this boy in cuffs, they had this boy in tears
Chorus
I drew a nickel and a dime at the P. A. Pen
Crossed that line for Katie, you know I’d do it again
Ten kilo load on the Yellowhead Road
A hundred miles behind me, 7 years to go
