Acadian Driftwood (Remastered 2000)-The Band

[00:00.00] The war was over [00:16.80]And the spirit was broken [00:21.12]The hills were smokin' [00:22.98]As the men withdrew [00:27.21]We stood on the cliffs, [00:29.28]Oh and watched the ships, [00:33.21]Slowly sinking to their rendezvous [00:39.21]They signed a treaty [00:41.16]And our homes were taken [00:45.27]Loved-ones forsaken, [00:47.25]They didn't give a damn. [00:51.33]Try to raise a family [00:54.42]End up an enemy [00:57.42]Over what went down on the Plains of Abraham. [01:01.86][Chorus] [01:03.72]Acadian driftwood, [01:06.54]Gypsy tailwind [01:09.87]They call my home, [01:12.99]The land of snow [01:16.05]Canadian cold front, [01:18.99]Movin' in [01:22.02]What a way to ride, [01:24.09]Oh what a way to go [01:40.47]Then some returned, [01:42.45]To the motherland [01:46.59]The high command, [01:48.39]Had them cast away [01:53.07]Some stayed on, [01:54.60]To finish what they started [02:00.87]They never parted, [02:01.71]They're just built that way [02:05.07]We had kin livin', [02:07.74]South of the border [02:10.86]They're a little older, [02:12.84]And they been around [02:16.89]They wrote in a letter [02:18.84]Life is a whole lot better [02:22.92]So pull up your stakes, children, [02:25.35]And come on down [02:29.31]Acadian driftwood, [02:32.10]Gypsy tailwind [02:35.46]They call my home, [02:38.52]The land of snow [02:41.64]Canadian cold front, [02:44.55]Movin' in [02:47.58]What a way to ride, [02:49.65]Oh what a way to go [03:05.64]Fifty under zero when the day became a threat [03:12.15]My clothes were wet [03:13.80]And I was drenched to the bone [03:18.18]Then out ice fishin', mmm, [03:20.91]Too much repetition [03:24.27]Make a man want to leave [03:26.37]The only home he's known [03:30.27]Sailed out of the Gulf, [03:32.28]Headed for St. Pierre [03:36.57]Nothing to declare, [03:38.49]All we had was gone [03:42.54]Broke down along the coast oh [03:45.48]What hurt the most [03:48.66]When the people there said [03:50.37]" You better keep movin' on" [03:55.02]Acadian driftwood, [03:57.87]Gypsy tailwind [04:01.20]They call my home, [04:04.35]The land of snow [04:07.44]Canadian cold front, [04:10.26]Movin' in [04:13.35]What a way to ride, [04:15.36]Oh what a way to go [04:18.30]Everlastin' summer [04:33.60]Filled with ill-contempt [04:37.92]This government [04:39.84]Had us walkin' in chains [04:43.98]This isn't my turn [04:47.01]This isn't my season [04:50.04]Can't think of one good reason [04:52.68]To remain oh [04:55.92]We worked in the sugar fields [04:58.23]Up from New Orleans [05:02.31]It was ever-green [05:04.26]Up until the flood [05:08.34]You could call it an omen [05:11.07]Point ya where ya goin' [05:14.73]Set my compass North [05:16.77]I got winter in my blood [05:20.88]Acadian driftwood, [05:23.70]Gypsy tailwind [05:27.00]They call my home, [05:30.06]The land of snow [05:33.12]Canadian cold front, [05:36.06]Movin' in [05:39.09]What a way to ride, [05:41.13]Oh what a way to go [05:57.48]Sais tu, Acadie j'ai le mal do pays [06:03.78]Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil [06:09.78]J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo [06:15.87]J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo [06:18.63]J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo [06:21.99]J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo [06:24.75]J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo