Biography:
Sam Roberts is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, based in Montreal, Quebec. His 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.
Born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, he attended Loyola High School and McGill University. Roberts formed the band William in 1993. The band's name was changed to Northstar in 1996. Although the band gained some notice in independent rock circles, they couldn't break through to a national audience, and broke up in the late 1990s.
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Other songs:
- Brother Down
- Gate
- Mystified Heavy
- Paranoia
- An American Draft Dodger In Thunder Bay
- Be Thou My Vision
- Bootleg Saint
- Bridge To Nowhere
- Dead End
- Detroit 67
- Dont Walk Away Eileen
- Every Part Of Me
- Faultline Blues
- Fixed To Ruin
- Golden Hour
- Hard Road
- Lions Of The Kalahari
- Love At The End Of The World
- Metal Skin
- Mind Flood
- Never Enough
- No Sleep
- Oh Maria
- Partition Blues
- Stripmall Religion
- Sundance
- Taj Mahal
- The Pilgrim
- Them Kids
- This Wreck Of A Life
- Tractor Beam Blues
- Twist The Knife
- Uprising Down Under
- Were All In This Together
- Where Have All The Good People Gone
- With A Bullet
- Without A Map
- Words Fire
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This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
AN AMERICAN DRAFT DODGER IN THUNDER BAY Sam Roberts tabbed by AVH
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He was born in a small town
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And he was given every reason to stay
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Hallelujah, Mississippi, postcard living no sign of decay
Dmin G Amin Emin
Till Vietnam moved next door, then Hallelujah was off to war
Dmin
In the dream he couldn't finish the deed
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He didn't smoke any weed so why leave?
Dmin Gmin A
Going where I can't be found
Dmin Gmin A
And I won't be coming 'round
Dmin
His father Tom said you better sign on
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You'd better take up your gun and fight
Dmin
I got nothing against them Viet Cong
G Amin Emin
What did they do wrong and why am I right?
Dmin
He's on his way to Thunder Bay
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Crossed the border late at night
Dmin
And it was high stakes until he saw the Great Lakes
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And he felt the cold wind bite
Dmin Gmin A
Going where I can't be found
Dmin Gmin A
And I won't be coming 'round
Dmin
No, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield
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And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields
Dmin Bflat
It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're
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understood
Dmin
Missing his home, he would wake up in a cold sweat
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And pick up the phone and hope that Tom found a way to forget
Dmin
He's been teaching at the high school, learning the game
G Amin, Emin
In Thunder Bay we're all the same
Dmin
He's one of us, he has our trust
G Amin Emin
But there's no going back once the line is crossed
Dmin
I'm an American on the Canadian Shield
Bflat F A
And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields
Dmin Bflat
It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're
F A
understood
Dmin
You can't ask what you're asking me to do
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And I hope you understand when I refuse
Dmin
I'm going North with my point of view
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And I'm never gonna think the same as you
Dmin C F A
And I'm where I can't be found
Dmin C F A
And I won't be coming 'round
Dmim
No, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield
Bflat F A
And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields
Dmin Bflat
It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're
F A
understood
Dmin
He was born in a small town
G Amin Emin
And he was given every reason to stay
Dmin G Amin Emin
Hallelujah, Mississippi, postcard living no sign of decay
Dmin G Amin Emin
Till Vietnam moved next door, then Hallelujah was off to war
Dmin
In the dream he couldn't finish the deed
G Amin Emin
He didn't smoke any weed so why leave?
Dmin Gmin A
Going where I can't be found
Dmin Gmin A
And I won't be coming 'round
Dmin
His father Tom said you better sign on
G Amin, Emin
You'd better take up your gun and fight
Dmin
I got nothing against them Viet Cong
G Amin Emin
What did they do wrong and why am I right?
Dmin
He's on his way to Thunder Bay
G Amin, Emin
Crossed the border late at night
Dmin
And it was high stakes until he saw the Great Lakes
G Amin, Emin
And he felt the cold wind bite
Dmin Gmin A
Going where I can't be found
Dmin Gmin A
And I won't be coming 'round
Dmin
No, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield
Bflat F A
And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields
Dmin Bflat
It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're
F A
understood
Dmin
Missing his home, he would wake up in a cold sweat
Dmin G Amin, Emin
And pick up the phone and hope that Tom found a way to forget
Dmin
He's been teaching at the high school, learning the game
G Amin, Emin
In Thunder Bay we're all the same
Dmin
He's one of us, he has our trust
G Amin Emin
But there's no going back once the line is crossed
Dmin
I'm an American on the Canadian Shield
Bflat F A
And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields
Dmin Bflat
It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're
F A
understood
Dmin
You can't ask what you're asking me to do
C F A
And I hope you understand when I refuse
Dmin
I'm going North with my point of view
C F A
And I'm never gonna think the same as you
Dmin C F A
And I'm where I can't be found
Dmin C F A
And I won't be coming 'round
Dmim
No, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield
Bflat F A
And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields
Dmin Bflat
It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're
F A
understood
