Crossroad

|__ |__ |__ |__ | When first I did appear upon this native soil  All up and down this country at labor I did toil  I slumbered in the moonlight and I rose with the sun  I rambled through the canyons where the cold rivers run         When first I did come down where the land meets the sea  The people said who are you and what would your name be   I said I have no home and I am no man's son  'Twas inland I was born and from inland that I come  In the good land    I was young and I was strong No one dared to call me son Happy just to see    my day's work  done   See my day's work done |__ |__ |__ |__ | So I swung an axe as a timberjack and I worked the Quebec mines  And on the golden prairie I rode the big combines  I sailed the maritime waters of many a seaport town  Built the highways and the byways to the western salmon grounds  |__ |__ | I've gazed upon the good times I've seen the bad times, too  Felt many a cold and bitter wind and many a mornin' dew  I've watched the country growin' like a fair and mighty thing  And on the still of a summer night I've heard the mountains ring  In the good land    I was young and I was strong No one dared to call me son Happy just to see    my day's work  done   See my day's work done |__ |__ |__ |__ |__ | But now the seeds are planted and the gates are open wide  The old ways are forgotten there's no place left to hide  And the legacy I'm leavin' you is not very hard to find  You'll see it all around you at this crossroads of time  In the sweet soil it's a-growin'      at the crossroads  of    time_______ ____