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Four Strong Winds

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Oct. 21, 19781 viewer98.1K views

Four Strong Winds Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Think I'll go out to Alberta
Weather's good there in the fall
I got some friends that I could go to working for
Still I wish you'd change your mind
If I ask you one more time
But we've been through this a hundred times or more

[Chorus]
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change, come what may
If the good times are all gone
Then I'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way

[Verse 2]
If I get there before the snow flies
And if things are lookin' good
You could meet me if I send you down the fare
But by then it would be winter
Not too much for you to do
And those winds sure can blow cold way out there


[Chorus]
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change, come what may
The good times are all gone
So I'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
[Verse 3]
Still, I wish you'd change your mind
If I ask you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more

[Chorus]
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change, come what may
If the good times are all gone
Then I'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way

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Originally written by Ian Tyson and performed by Canadian folk-duo, Ian and Sylvia, this song was covered by Neil Young to conclude his album, Comes a Time.

The song is uniquely Canadian, directly reference the Canadian province of Alberta. Neil Young is also Canadian and has also written similar songs with a harvest-themed subtext on other albums, including Harvest and Harvest Moon. Young, however, is from the province of Ontario.

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