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Going where I can't be found

 And I won't be coming 'round

His father Tom said you better sign on

 You'd better take up your gun and fight

I got nothing against them Viet Cong

What did they do wrong and why am I right?

He's on his way to Thunder Bay

 Crossed the border late at night

And it was high stakes until he saw the Great Lakes

 And he felt the cold wind bite

Going where I can't be found

And I won't be coming 'round

 No, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield

  Bflat

And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields

  Bflat

It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're

understood

Missing his home, he would wake up in a cold sweat

And pick up the phone and hope that Tom found a way to forget

He's been teaching at the high school, learning the game

 In Thunder Bay we're all the same

He's one of us, he has our trust

 But there's no going back once the line is crossed

I'm an American on the Canadian Shield

  Bflat

And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields

Bflat

It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're

understood

You can't ask what you're asking me to do

 And I hope you understand when I refuse

I'm going North with my point of view

 And I'm never gonna think the same as you

And I'm where I can't be found

And I won't be coming 'round

No, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield

  Bflat

And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields

  Bflat

It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're

understood