Ted Wesley

Aklavik
I've been up to Tuktoyaktuk and I've even even been to Arctic BayAnd I've been to Fort McPherson where it's wonderful, they sayI've seen Old Crow, and I've seen Sachs Harbour, and I know what I'm a-talkin' aboutIn all my travelin' around there's just a-one place I've found that a-really, really knocks me outYou know I'm talkin' 'bout Aklavik (Aklavik)Hey, let me tell you that's a-one little swingin' townHowlin' dogs and boarded-up buildingsThe place really turns me onThe government says you'd better move out fast, 'cause the river's gonna wash it awayThat was fifteen years ago, and I want you knowThey're high and dry and doin' fine today.They say that right here in Yellowknife there's gold and a-minerals rareAnd down in old Hay River, there's a highway goin' thereAnd up on the coast, you know I heard on my post, they get billion barrels a dayBut if you're lookin' to find a place to relieve your mind, man, there's only one place to stayYou know I'm talkin' 'bout Aklavik (Aklavik)'Cause that's where the action is, if you know what I meanCatch yourself a ride on a Northward schedAnd you can really make a sceneWell, our roads are often muddy,And our houses aren't so great,But sun of a gun, they know how to have funAnd they're gonna do alright by meLetras de cancionesI've heard a rumour gonin' round, now I'm a-gonin' tell it to youDon't you tell nobody, 'cause I don't even know if it's trueThe government people are startin' to worry the future's sure lookin' blackI said Inuvik is sinkin' into Boot Lake, now they're gonna have to move us backI said Inuvik is sinkin' into Boot Lake, now they're gonna have to move us back From Letras Mania