You might see me down in Alabama
Or Baton Rouge down in Louisiana
I might make it up to Detroit city
Where work is hard and life is gritty
It don't really matter where I am
Its what I do , it's what I can
This old world has been good to me
So I try to give back and I try to be free
I was born in Ontario
I was born in Ontario ,
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I still like to sing a happy song
Once in a while and things go wrong
I might pick up a pen and scribble on a page
Try to make sense of my inner rage
One cold winter we went down south
With daddy's typewriter for a couple of months
I was born in Ontario
I was born in Ontario
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I was born in Ontario
where the blackfly bites And the green grass grows
That's where I learned most of what I know
Cause you just dont learn much
when you start to get old
I left home at a tender younge age
Cause mom and daddy never liked to stay
In just one place for very long
We just kept moving , moving on
I was born in Ontario
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