North Lyrics - Elvis Costello

The East has that Englishmen 

And the rising sun 

The West has the open plains 

And how they were won 

On Independence Day 

For all it's worth 

You can ring those southern belles 

I'm going North 

Up were the rushing rivers run and salmon leap 

I could even get there in my sleep 

Give me the ice and snow 

Time to go North 

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So run up a banner 

And we'll stand underneath 

You gave me a starry flag 

For one with a leaf 

I'm on the borderline 

I jump back and forth 

There's nothing to stop me now 

I'm heading North 

Up where the polar bears 

And moose and geese will play 

And some of them address you en francais 

Give me the ice and snow 

Time to go North 

And so I must leave you all 

Alas and alack 

And though we are parting now 

I'll always come back 

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So as the compass points 

That's where I'll be 

But if you could only see 

The perfection of 

North, it's something 

I will always carry in my heart 

A place when dreams begin 

And life can start 

Who cares what people know? 

Let me go North