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Manitoba Blues

from Westbound by Ryan McCord

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Up in Manitoba, don’t know where to go
Going back to T.O. down in Ontario
I’ve been defeated, in my western quest
Gonna head back to Toronto, place I love the best

Left a factory job, spent my only dough
On a third class ticket out of Ontario
I can’t believe it, that they would treat me so
Stopped me at the station, said that I can’t go

Manitoba, you make me feel so blue
Manitoba, what's a man to do

Don’t know where to go now, can’t afford a room
I’m stuck here in this flop house with a mop and a broom
I feel so cheated, it makes me want to scream
Life here is a nightmare, far from the western dream

Spent the night in prison, charged with vagrancy
Bulldogs and the bedbugs kept on biting me
I’ve been unseated, from my native home
Never will I ramble, never more to roam

Manitoba, you make me feel so blue
Manitoba, what's a man to do

They dragged me down to skid row, told me where to go
Threw me on a freight train back to Ontario
I’ve been mistreated, I’ve been misunderstood
Left behind the sorrow, tried to make it good

Manitoba, you make me feel so blue
Manitoba, what's a man to do

Up in Manitoba, don’t know where to go
Going back to T.O. down in Ontario
I’ve been defeated, in my western quest
Gonna head back to Toronto, place I love the best
(Gonna head back to Toronto, so much for the west)
(Gonna head back to Toronto, oh what a mess)

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from Westbound, track released October 24, 2014

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Ryan McCord Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

I live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. I’m a window cleaner in my spare time. I learned to play guitar from sitting around the campfire with my friends. When I’m not playing music, I like riding my bike, canoeing, welding, and building castles out of snow and ice. ... more

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