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Tom Sukanen's Dream
Song by Shawna Audet and The Overlanders
When Tom Sukanen left Finland in the late 1800s, he planned on taking everything that the New World had to offer. He dreamed of finding wealth and love. To Tom's surprise, the New World offered him tragedy upon tragedy.
There's a cross beside a ship on the vast Prairie Forever reaching for the sea Dust swirls around this misplaced team The remains of Tom Sukanen's dream Tom dreamed the New World held the key He left Finland and he crossed the sea The land was harsh for one alone He fell in love and he made a home
Chorus You can do it all right and it still goes wrong Where did he find the strength to go on? How much pain can one man take? Even the strongest branch can break
They worked the unforgiving land But nothing grew from their coarse hands Who can force the land to yield? Tom set his dreams on the prairie fields Free land and a brand new start Put fresh hope in Tom's strong heart He walked 600 miles straight He had no map, he walked on faith
You can do it all right and it still goes wrong Where did he find the strength to go on? How much pain can one man take? Even the strongest branch can break
The prairie sun, it promised a rich life Tom got his land and went back for his wife But his wife had died and his kids were gone Through all this the sun still shone Tom searched and found his only son 'Cause two is so much more than one They were stopped three miles from Canadian land They took his son and they broke that man
Tom walked home to the sun-scorched land His dreamed of making a ship by hand He could make a ship, he could sail away He worked for six years night and day His neighbours called him the "Crazy Finn" Wasting that money was such a sin So they busted up his ship out of jealousy and hate Then put him away to seal his fate
You can do it all right and it still goes wrong Where did he find the strength to go on? How much pain can one man take? Even the strongest branch can break
Many thanks to Shawna Audet for permission to display these lyric excerpts.
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