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      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 français   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   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