[ti:Acadian Driftwood (Concert Version)] [ar:The Band] [al:The Last Waltz] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Acadian Driftwood (Concert Version) - The Band [00:14.84]Written by:Robbie Robe [00:29.68]The war was over and the [00:32.62]Spirit was broken [00:35.81]The hills were smokin' [00:37.48]As the men with drew [00:41.63]We stood on cliffs [00:44.59]And watched the ships [00:47.79]Slowly sinking to their rendezvous [00:53.69]They signed a treaty and our [00:56.50]Homes were taken [00:59.35]A loved ones forsaken [01:01.41]They didn't give a d**n [01:05.53]Try to raise a family [01:08.51]End up the enemy [01:11.51]Over what went down on the plains of Abraham [01:17.78]Acadian driftwood [01:20.64]Gypsy tail wind [01:23.83]They call my home [01:26.91]The land of snow [01:30.13]Canadian cold front [01:32.86]Movin' in [01:35.86]What a way to ride [01:37.85]Oh what a way to go [01:54.45]Then some returned to the motherland [02:00.46]The high command had them cast away [02:06.50]And some stayed on to finish what they started [02:12.53]But never parted [02:14.43]They're just built that way [02:18.46]A we had kind livin' [02:21.36]South of the border [02:24.21]They're a little older and they've been around [02:30.17]They wrote in a letter [02:32.13]After a whole lot better [02:36.12]So pull up your stakes [02:38.06]Children and come on down [02:42.61]Acadian driftwood [02:45.23]Gypsy tail wind [02:48.50]They call my home [02:51.63]The land of snow [02:54.75]Canadian cold front movin' in [03:00.50]What a way to ride [03:02.40]Oh what a way to go [03:18.54]Fifteen under zero [03:20.68]When the day became a threat [03:24.70]My clothes were wet [03:26.19]And I was drenched to the bone [03:30.65]I've been out ice fishing ohh [03:33.37]Too much repetition [03:36.78]Make a man wanna leave [03:38.79]The only home he's known [03:42.66]Sailed out of a the Gulf [03:44.66]Headin' for Saint Pierre [03:48.84]Nothin' to declare [03:50.67]All we had was gone [03:55.11]Broke down along the coast oh [03:57.77]But what hurt the most [04:00.70]When the people there said [04:02.42]You better keep movin' on and on [04:07.01]Acadian driftwood [04:09.70]Gypsy tail wind [04:12.99]They call my home [04:16.14]The land of snow [04:19.37]Canadian cold front [04:22.07]Movin' in [04:25.20]What a way to ride [04:27.04]Oh what a way to go [04:43.55]Everlasting summer filled with ill content [04:49.36]This government [04:51.41]Had us walkin' in chains [04:55.36]This isn't my turf [04:58.22]This ain't my season [05:01.30]Can't think of one good reason to remain [05:07.31]We've worked in the sugar fields up from [05:09.78]A New Orleans [05:13.19]It was ever green [05:15.22]Up until the floods [05:19.23]You could call it an omen [05:21.63]A points you where you're goin' [05:25.31]I set my compass north [05:27.36]I got winter in my blood [05:31.48]Acadian driftwood [05:34.42]Gypsy tail wind [05:37.67]They call my home [05:40.64]The land of snow [05:43.86]Canadian cold front [05:46.86]Movin' in [05:49.72]What a way to ride [05:51.77]Oh what a way to go [06:08.30]Sais tu Acadie le [06:11.26]J'ai le mal du pays [06:14.43]Ta neige Acadie yeah [06:17.39]Fait des larmes au soleil [06:20.52]J'arrive Acadie teedle um teedle um teedle ooh [06:26.75]J'arrive Acadie teedle um teedle um teedle ooh