Recorded by: Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers
Written by: Wayne Chaulk
Lyrics
Didn’t know a night could get that cold
Didn’t know that I could drown in snow
Didn’t know they’d amputate my toe
Some cold tonight in Yellowknife.
Radiator’s fried, maintenance man just died
And there’s no blanket in the bureau
Wish I’d brought with me my little space blankie
Some cold tonight in Yellowknife.
Chorus
Minus seventy-two but they’ll all remind you
That it gets colder, much colder, much colder
When the wind blows
LIttle wormy white boy from the south
With no more fat than a starved brook trout
Don’t know if it’s colder in or out
Some cold tonight in Yellowknife.
Wish they’d do to me what they did to Sam McGee
Do I know a friend who owes a favour?
Looking at the moon from a frozen hotel room
Some cold tonight in Yellowknife
Chorus
Sun shines all night up here in June
They say in summer things even bloom
They’ll find me frozen in my room
Some cold tonight in Yellowknife.
Froze my nose on Ragged Arse road,
Do I know a friend who knows a doctor?
It’s Sunday night, no heat from the Northern LIghts
Some cold tonight in Yellowknife.
Chorus
Minus seventy-two but they’ll all remind you
That it gets colder, much colder, much colder
When the wind blows…
Much colder, much colder, much colder
When the wind blows.
