Retro Lyrics

 

ACADIAN DRIFTWOOD

 

The war was over and the spirit was broken

The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew                            

We stood on the cliffs oh and watched the ships

Slowly sinking to their rendezvous

                                    

They signed a treaty and our homes were taken

Loved ones forsaken they didn't give a damn

Tryin' to raise a family end up the enemy

Over what went down on the plains of Abraham

 

Acadian driftwood gypsy tail wind

They call my home the land of snow

Canadian cold front movin' in

What a way to ride oh what a way to go

 

Then some returned to the motherland  

The high command had them cast away   

And some stayed on to finish what they started  

They never parted they're just built that way  

 

We had kin livin' south of the border  

They're a little older and they've been around  

They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better  

So pull up your stakes children and come on down   

 

Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat  

My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone  

Been out ice fishing too much repetition  

Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known  

 

Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre  

Nothin' to declare all we had was gone  

Broke down along the coast but what hurt the most  

When the people there said you better keep movin' on   

 

Everlasting summer filled with ill content  

This government had us walkin' in chains  

This isn't my turf this ain't my season  

Can't think of one good reason to remain  

 

I've worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans  

It was ever green up until the floods  

You could call it an omen points ya where you're goin'  

Set my compass north I got winter in my blood   

 

Acadian driftwood gypsy tail wind  

They call my home the land of snow  

Canadian cold front movin' in  

What a way to ride ah what a way to go  

 

Sais tu Acadie  j'ai la mal du pays    

Ta neige Acadie fait des larmes au soleil

J'arrive Acadie teedle um teedle um teedle ooh

 


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