war
was over and the spirit was broken
The hills were smoking
and the men withdrew
and we stood on the cliffs
and watched the ships slowly
sink into their rendezvous
they signed a treaty
and our homes were taken
loved ones forsaken,
they didn't give a damn
You try to raise a family,
you end up the en emy
Over what went down
on the plains of Abraham
A Padian driftwood,
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gypsy tail wind
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They call my home the land of snow
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Canadian cold front mov ing in
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And then some returned
to the motherland
The high command
had been cast away
An d some stayed on
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to finish what they started
They never parted,
they just built their way
We had kin living south of the border
They were a little older
and they'd been around
And they wrote in a letter,
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life is a whole lot better
So pull up your stakes, children,
and come on down
Acadian driftwood,
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gypsy tail, yeah
They call my home the
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land of snow
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15 under zero and the
day became a threat
My clothes were wet
and I was drenched to the bone
I've been out ice fishing,
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too much re petition
Make a man want to leave,
but only hold me to know
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We sailed out of the Gulf
and we headed for St. Pierre
Nothing to declare,
all we had was gone
We broke down along the coast,
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but what hurt the most
Was when the people there said,
better keep moving on
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Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind
They call my home,
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the land of snow
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Everlasting summer filled with ill -content
This government got us walking in chains
This isn't my turf,
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this ain't the season,
can't think of one good
reason to remain
An d we worked in the sugar fields
up from New Orleans
It was evergreen up
until the floods
You might call it an omen,
point you where you're going
But I set my compass north,
I got win ter in my blood
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Canadian driftwood, gypsy tail wind
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I call my home the land of snow
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What a way to ride
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