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For a while I lived in Halifax, it was my port of call,
And in the early seventies I moved to Montreal;
I was working on the lake boats, so determined I should go,
And find a place there with my friends up in Ontario.
I am a Newfoundlander and I hails from Harbour Grace,
And because I loved the lake boats thought Toronto was my place;
Where I found a wife and settled down with a daughter and two sons,
Now it's ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns.
Ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns,
On our streets and in our schools and when the weekend comes;
In a neighbourhood I love so well where the old Don River runs,
Ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns.
Our children are grown up and gone, now we're happy just us two,
In our little home in the valley north of Danforth Avenue;
And when I look through my window pane as each day goes and comes,
It's ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns.
Ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns,
On our streets and in our schools and when the weekend comes;
In a neighbourhood I love so well where the old Don River runs,
It's ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns.
Now I've been here for twenty years and our children are all grown,
I'm finished on the lake boats and this year I'm going home;
For the peaceful life there with my wife in the city of St. John's,
No ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns.
Ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns,
On our streets and in our schools and when the weekend comes;
In a neighbourhood I love so well where the old Don River runs,
It's ambulances, fire trucks, police cars and guns.