The Flying Cpr

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I've been from old Vancouver right 
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down to Newfoundland,
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I've travelled through old Canada 
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and I'll travel through again.
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My heart is like the three wise men
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 once guided by a star,
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I left my blues to wander on the 
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Flyin' CPR.

[Verse 2]
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Can you hear that big eight-wheeler
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 go a-clickin' down the rail?
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We’re on the Flyin' CPR and believe
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 me she can sail.
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Oh take me flyin', whizzin' on, 
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away from a triflin' girl,
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'Cause I know by the way that 
whistle whines we're gonna span the 
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world.

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[Verse 3]
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Go rumble through the mountains, go
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 flashing by the sea,
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Go flying through the countryside 
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to keep the blues from me.
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Now tell me, Mister Porter, can I 
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play my old guitar?
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I'll sing a song to the passengers 
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about the Flyin' CPR.

[Verse 4]
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You've heard of the mighty rocket 
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train, the old-time Cannonball,
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But it looked like they were going 
backward, Man, when the Flyer passed
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 them all.
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The Canadian Pacific, boys, is hard
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 to beat by far.
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You'll get your lifetime thrill, I 
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know, on the Flyin' CPR.

[Verse 5]
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I told my two-time girlie when I 
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heard that whistle moan,
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It means your daddy is a-gonna 
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scram and I'm leavin' town alone.
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I've got another little mama 
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friend, that'll ment my heart by 
gar.
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I'd better go roll my blues away on
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 the Flyin' CPR.

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I'm gonna go roll my blues away on 
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the Flyin' CPR.