Verse 1
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You might see me down in Alabama
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Or Baton Rouge down in Louisiana
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I might make it up to Detroit city
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Where work is hard and life is gritty
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It don't really matter where I am
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Its what I do , it's what I can
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This old world has been good to me
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So I try to give back and I try to be free
Chorus
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I was born in Ontario
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I was born in Ontario ,
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Ontario ( I was born in Ontario )
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Ontario (Ontario )
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Verse 2
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I still like to sing a happy song
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Once in a while and things go wrong
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I might pick up a pen and scribble on a page
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Try to make sense of my inner rage
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One cold winter we went down south
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With daddy's typewriter for a couple of months
Chorus
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I was born in Ontario
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I was born in Ontario
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Ontario ( I was born in Ontario)
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Ontario( Ontario )
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Ontario
Verse 3
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I was born in Ontario
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where the blackfly bites And the green grass grows
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That's where I learned most of what I know
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Cause you just dont learn much
when you start to get old
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I left home at a tender younge age
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Cause mom and daddy never liked to stay
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In just one place for very long
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We just kept moving , moving on
Chorus
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I was born in Ontario
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I was born in Ontario
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Ontario ( I was born in Ontario )
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Ontario ( Ontario )
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Ontario
