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North America ~ One River

V6

[Verse 1 - Canada, stronger cause] 5,525 miles, 120 doors, no fence Longest undefended border in the world, that's the sense 1958, NORAD - you and me in the same room Canadian and American officers watching the same doom $2.6 billion a day crossing, every day $760 billion a year, we don't even have to say [Chorus - eyebrow] $1.93 trillion in 2024 - USMCA breathing $935B Mexico, $909B Canada, $56B between them weaving $3.6 million every minute - tick, tick, tick That's not trade, that's a heartbeat sick [Verse 2 - Blood, not just trade] 158 Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, shoulder to shoulder Five Eyes open - you protect us while we get older You fought in Normandy, you fought in Kandahar Founding NATO, but more - you are who we are [Verse 3 - Mexico, train] Mexico - you became our largest import, $30.3B corn and beans And we still your best buyer, $505B in machines One railroad - CPKC - Canada to Mexico through my backyard $100M to $600M, steel snake, psychedelic yard [Bridge - Psychedelic North America] Northern lights over Alberta, desert heat in Sonora Same train whistle in Winnipeg and Oaxaca From Ellesmere to Chiapas, one continent, three drums Not three countries - one river that hums [Outro - warm] Canada - you're my brother who never moved out Mexico - you're my brother who brings the corn and the clout 5,525 miles no wall can make One North America, awake