Acadian Driftwood

Lyrics:

• 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
• Try'n' 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
• Sailed 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
• We 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 northI 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