Apparently, this song is about Terry Fox. He has a really bad case of cancer and it took one of his legs. To overcome his status as disabled, he ran all across Canada, more than 3000 miles from Newfoundland to Thunder Bay, Ontario. He died a year after his run in 1981. I don't know if the entire song is about that but it makes for a great storytelling.
Apparently, this song is about Terry Fox. He has a really bad case of cancer and it took one of his legs. To overcome his status as disabled, he ran all across Canada, more than 3000 miles from Newfoundland to Thunder Bay, Ontario. He died a year after his run in 1981. I don't know if the entire song is about that but it makes for a great storytelling.