Acadian Driftwood-The Band

[00:14.91]The war was over and the spirit was broken [00:21.03]The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew [00:27.09]We stood on the cliffs [00:29.16]Oh, and watched the ships [00:33.09]Slowly sinking to their rendezvous [00:39.09]They signed a treaty and our homes were taken [00:45.12]Loved ones forsaken [00:47.10]They didn't give a damn [00:49.26]Try'n' to raise a family [00:54.27]End up the enemy [00:57.27]Over what went down on the plains of Abraham [01:03.57]Acadian driftwood [01:06.36]Gypsy tail wind [01:09.69]They call my home the land of snow [01:15.87]Canadian cold front movin' in [01:21.84]What a way to ride [01:23.91]Oh, what a way to go [01:40.26]Then some returned to the motherland [01:46.38]The high command had them cast away [01:52.71]And some stayed on to finish what they started [01:58.50]They never parted [02:00.60]They're just built that way [02:04.80]We had kin livin' south of the border [02:10.62]They're a little older and they've been around [02:16.65]They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better [02:22.62]So pull up your stakes, children and come on down [03:05.31]Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat [03:11.82]My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone [03:17.82]Been out ice fishing, too much repetition [03:23.88]Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known [03:29.88]Sailed out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre [03:36.18]Nothin' to declare [03:38.10]All we had was gone [03:42.15]Broke down along the coast [03:45.06]But what hurt the most [03:48.24]When the people there said [03:49.86]" You better keep movin' on " [04:31.35]Everlasting summer filled with ill-content [04:37.44]This government had us walkin' in chains [04:43.50]This isn't my turf [04:46.53]This ain't my season [04:49.53]Can't think of one good reason to remain [04:55.41]We worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans [05:01.77]It was ever green up until the floods [05:07.80]You could call it an omen [05:10.53]Points ya where you're goin' [05:14.19]Set my compass north [05:16.23]I got winter in my blood [05:20.34]Acadian driftwood [05:23.13]Gypsy tail wind [05:26.43]They call my home the land of snow [05:32.55]Canadian cold front movin' in [05:38.55]What a way to ride [05:40.56]Ah, what a way to go