Print

The war was overAnd the spirit was brokenThe hills were smokin' As the men withdrewWe stood on the cliffs,Oh and watched the ships,Slowly sinking to their rendezvousThey signed a treatyAnd our homes were takenLoved-ones forsaken,They didn't give a damn.Try to raise a familyEnd up an enemyOver what went down on the Plains of Abraham.[Chorus]Acadian driftwood, Gypsy tailwindThey call my home, The land of snowCanadian cold front, Movin' inWhat a way to ride, Oh what a way to goLetras de cancionesThen some returned,To the motherlandThe high command, Had them cast awaySome stayed on,To finish what they startedThey never parted, They're just built that wayWe had kin livin', South of the borderThey're a little older, And they been aroundThey wrote in a letter Life is a whole lot betterSo pull up your stakes, children,And come on downAcadian driftwood, Gypsy tailwindThey call my home, The land of snowCanadian cold front, Movin' inWhat a way to ride, Oh what a way to goFifty under zero when the day became a threatMy clothes were wet And I was drenched to the boneThen out ice fishin', mmm, Too much repetitionMake a man want to leaveThe only home he's knownSailed out of the Gulf,Headed for St. PierreNothing to declare,All we had was goneBroke down along the coast ohWhat hurt the mostWhen the people there said"You better keep movin' on"Acadian driftwood, Gypsy tailwindThey call my home, The land of snowCanadian cold front, Movin' inWhat a way to ride, Oh what a way to goEverlastin' summerFilled with ill-contemptThis governmentHad us walkin' in chainsThis isn't my turnThis isn't my seasonCan't think of one good reasonTo remain oh We worked in the sugar fieldsUp from New OrleansIt was ever-greenUp until the floodYou could call it an omenPoint ya where ya goin'Set my compass NorthI got winter in my blood Acadian driftwood, Gypsy tailwindThey call my home, The land of snowCanadian cold front, Movin' inWhat a way to ride, Oh what a way to goSais tu, Acadie j'ai le mal do paysTa neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleilJ'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooJ'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooJ'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooJ'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooJ'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo From Letras Mania