Dwight Yoakam - North To Alaska
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on
INTRO
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Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92,
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With George Pratt, his partner and brother Billy too.
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They crossed the Yukon river, and found the bonanza gold,
Beneath that old white mountain,
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Just a little south-east of Nome.
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Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below.
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He talked to his team of huskies, as they mushed on through the snow.
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With the Northern Lights runnin' wild in the land of the midnight sun,
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Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of 1901.
And where the river is windin',
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Big nuggets they're findin'.
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
'Cause where the river is windin',
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Big nuggets they're findin'.
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
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George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand.
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Said "Sam, you're lookin' at a lonely, lonely man".
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I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land,
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For one small band of gold to place on sweet Jenny's hand.
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'Cause a man needs a woman to love him all the time.
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You know Sam, a true love is so hard to find.
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I'd build for my Jenny a honeymoon home,
Beneath that old white mountain,
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Just a little south-east of Nome.
Yeah where the river is windin',
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Big nuggets they're findin'.
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
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Way up north.....
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
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Way up north, way up north...
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
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North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.