Cold Lands of the North

from Where the Wasteland Ends by Poor Player

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lyrics

Ho-ye-hi, hi-ye-ho – 
I was known as the Eskimo
From the cold lands of the north

Rattle and fink, fink and fum
I stuck out my dirty thumb
For the cold lands of the north 

Doomsday plume, god awful grim
I was full of vigor and vim
In the cold, cold, cold lands of the north

Deep deep down, the raw black gold 
And dirty horrid riches untold
In the cold lands of the north

Drill baby drill, dark and deep 
We’ll make love on top of bone heaps
In the cold lands of the north

Rattle and roar rotgut rhyme 
We'll lay that pipe till the end of time 
In the cold, cold, cold lands of the north

The North lands await
With destiny—we’ve got a date

Ho-ye-hi, hi-ye-ho - 
We'll melt the homes of the Eskimo
In the cold lands of the north

Fill your cup, drink it down
On each man's head a crooked crown
In the the cold lands of the north 

Tell ‘em what to think—keep them dumb!
All night drinking from a 50 gallon drum
In the cold, cold, cold lands of the north

Dinosaur bones buried in dream
The pustules of great industry!
In the the cold lands of the north 

We’ll gut the tundra with a grizzly gash
And lay up a mighty wad of cash
In the the cold lands of the north

We'll frick and frack and shock that shale 
Like old Ahab chased the white whale
In the cold, cold, cold lands of the north

The North lands await
With destiny—we’ve got a date

Ho-ye-hi, hi-ye-ho - 
We'll ride home on that great ice flow
From the cold lands of the north
From the cold lands of the north
From the cold, cold, cold lands no more

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from Where the Wasteland Ends, released April 19, 2019

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Poor Player Detroit, Michigan

Motor City folk rock Americana born of beverages, Poor Player takes to the stage with a hopped up grab bag of American riddles and laments. Saluting the guy flying a sign beside the highway exit, zigzagging through the post-industrial prairie, Poor Player is all about finding the roots beneath the rubble, the green beneath the ruin, the folk in the f*d up, & the beauty in the city gone to seed. ... more

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