Intro
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North of the border by the great Hudson Bay, 
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Smoke rises from an old shack 
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And he sits at his table and sips from his cup, 
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While the snow wanders in through the cracks. 
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At his feet rests an old dog from the Labrador line, 
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The big kind that don’t mind the snow, 
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He’s a trusted companion, a serious friend, 
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A keeper of the secrets he’s told. 
 
Chorus
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As the night falls and they’re sharing the northern lights 
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Under a blanket of stars 
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He tells his old friend he’s out on a limb again 
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He’s left the door to his heart ajar. 
 
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He reads an old letter from some faded love 
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He wishes that the mail train would come. 
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He puts down his papers and he grabs his guitar, 
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And quietly he starts to strum. 
 
Chorus
 D				        E 
As the night falls and they’re sharing the northern lights 
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Under a blanket of stars 
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He tells his old friend he’ll never go back again 
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This time, they’ve both gone too far 
 
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Well a man’s gotta be just as strong as he can 
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The north country’s no place for tears 
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They look out a place that’ll freeze to your face 
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But they’re the last of your soul’s souvenirs. 
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Well I hear there’s big medicine in a good woman’s love 
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 I hear there ain’t much it can’t do 
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With the strength of a polar bear, the fate of a dove 
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Turning the old into new 
 
Chorus
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When the night falls and you’re sharing the northern lights 
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Under a blanket of stars 
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Give your hand up to fate, don’t let go, celebrate 
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Time to find out who you are 
 
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North of the border, by the great Hudson Bay 
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Smoke rises from an old shack 
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It seems it burnt to the ground when no one was around 
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And I doubt that they’ll ever be back