Well let me tell you where I’ve been
Since I’ve been gone and back again
I’m coming in on an Alberta Wind
Bartender, bottoms up
Now listen, boys, it’s been a while
Of tribulations and the trials
I’ve come a long and ragged mile
Bartender, bottoms up
Ring the bell, Jimmy, would you please
As long as you’re pulling pints, pull one for me
Ring the bell, Jimmy, would you please
It’s been so long since I’ve been gone
But I’m back from away
Hey hey what d’ya say
I just got back to town today
The best part of going away, is coming home again
Well the morning sun was at my back
As I left Petitcodiac
Making my way out to Fort Mac
Bartender, bottoms up
I left my home in the Maritimes
When I crossed the old Quebec line
With my boot to the boards and making good time
Bartender, bottoms up
Ring the bell, Jimmy, would you please
Ontario is such a Hell of a ways
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Well it’s been said, the Yellowhead
Is as flat as she is long.
Hey hey what d’ya say
I just got back to town today
The best part of going away, is coming home again
Rolling north on 63
And pulling into McMurray
And Easterners are all you see
Bartender, bottoms up
They’re working in the Tar Sands
Drinking in the Oil Can
They think we’re all from Newfoundland
Bartender, bottoms up
Ring the bell, Jimmy, would you please
As long as you’re pulling pints, pull one for me
Ring the bell, Jimmy, would you please
And you tell the boys who make the noise, the drinks are on me
Hey hey what d’ya say
I just got back to town today
The best part of going away, is coming home again
Working the patch to make the green
And steeper rents, I’ve never seen
And Christ, the methamphetamines
Bartender, bottoms up
I spent most me money on booze and broads
The rest I wasted, swear to God
The odds were good, but the goods were odd
Bartender, bottoms up.
Now listen boys, that’s where I’ve been
Since I’ve been gone and back again
Thank Christ the missus, let me in…
Bartender, bottoms up
Hey hey what d’ya say
I just got back to town today
The best part of going away, is coming home again