North

[ti:North] [ar:Elvis Costello] [al:North] [offset:500] [00:00.00]Elvis Costello - North [00:04.42] [00:06.42]The East has that Englishmen [00:09.69]And the rising sun [00:12.99]The West has the open plains [00:16.38]And how they were won [00:21.01]On Independence Day [00:24.18]For all it’s worth [00:27.42]You can ring those southern belles [00:30.77]I’m heading... North [00:34.10]Up were the rushing rivers run and salmon leap [00:41.18]I could even get there in my sleep [00:47.13]Give me the ice and snow [00:49.30]Let me go... North [00:53.67] [00:56.68]So run up a banner and we’ll stand underneath [01:03.49]You gave me a starry flag [01:06.82]For one with a leaf [01:11.52]I’m on the borderline [01:14.56]I jump back and forth [01:18.08]There’s nothing to stop me now [01:21.41]I’m heading... North [01:24.97]Up where the polar bears and moose and geese will play [01:32.13]And some of them address you en francais [01:38.24]Give me the ice and snow [01:40.66]Let me go... North [01:44.56] [01:47.85]And so I must leave you all [01:51.01]Alas and alack [01:54.41]And though we are parting now [01:57.72]I’ll always come back [02:02.50]So as the compass points [02:05.97]That’s where I’ll be [02:09.17]But if you could only see [02:12.46]The perfection of...North [02:15.77]It’s somewhere I will always carry in my heart [02:23.07]A place when dreams begin and life can start [02:36.19][02:29.33]Who cares what people know? [02:38.59][02:31.60]Let me go... [02:41.21][02:33.33]North [02:44.71][02:35.63] [02:48.31] [02:55.71]END