Lyrics of
Four strong winds

Four Strong Winds is a Canadian folk song written by Ian Tyson in the early 1960s, inspired by Canadas vast prairies and the hardships of migrant workers. The song contemplates change, loss, and the hope of reunion, symbolized by the four strong winds that represent the unchanging forces of nature and life.

I think I'll go out to Alberta
Weather's good there in the fall
I've got some friends that I can go working for
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

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 moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way

If I get there before the snow flies,
And if things are looking good
You could meet me if I sent 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

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 moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way


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

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 moving 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