I've got news for you This could pull you under We were drifting upstream On some useless lumber Headed past the tree line To the northern colours It got a bit confusing at the American border This isn't James Bay now; this is Boston Harbor Get your life savers out Sons and Daughters You ain't getting much for free They got love for you Naked in Hollywood They see gold in your trees and gold in your people They'll be panning for it in your water I couldn't get back home Not with the president's blessing Would you vote for me Sons and Daughters You ain't getting much for free Sons and daughters Happiness isn't free Sons and daughters Wait for me Sons and daughters Happiness isn't free At the American border