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J.P. Cormier - House Of Plywood
INTRO: Am
With just one step upon the lonely road
And you were on your way
An ancient heart that bore a heavy load
You were just thirteen and became a man and a vagabond, they say
A minstrel and a beggar you would be
Roving through the land
You wrote about each special memory
And the stories of this country came to life beneath your hand
CHORUS:
And you built this house of plywood with a boot-heel and a pen
A line of ink that stretches across the country and back again
Through the sawdust and the spotlight your words still linger on____
Last night I dreamed that Canada was a song by Stompin' Tom
The people and the places in your songs
Became your battle cry
Live or die, weathered, right or wrong
You raised the flag before us and we saw it through your life
Some men stumble beneath the weight of fame
But your steps were true
You changed the rules so we could win the game
And you held us all above you right until the song was through
CHORUS:
And you built this house of plywood with a boot-heel and a pen
A line of ink that stretches across the country and back again
Through the sawdust and the spotlight your words still linger on____
Last night I dreamed that Canada was a song by Stompin' Tom
It takes a mighty man to bear his height
And [admitting] numbers not
Someone that is no one from the start
That sometimes being nothing is the best thing that we've got
CHORUS:
And you built this house of plywood with a boot-heel and a pen
A line of ink that stretches to the sunrise without end
Through the sawdust and the spotlight your words still linger on____
Last night I dreamed that Canada was a song by Stompin' Tom
Last night I dreamed this nation was a song by Stompin' Tom
We're all just a song, a song by Stompin' Tom
OUTRO: Am (## fade to end ##)