In a few years, American Woman could be sung by an American Burton Cummings -- or at least a Canadian-American one.

The Canadian rock legend and former Guess Who frontman says he is planning to apply for U.S. citizenship.

"I probably will at some point in the next few years," Cummings said yesterday. "I'll get dual citizenship."

But the 60-year-old Cummings -- who has long maintained houses in both Los Angeles and Winnipeg -- stresses he's not turning his back on his home and native land.

"It's not that I have any allegiance to America," he said during an interview to promote his upcoming solo CD Above the Ground. "I will always be Canadian. It's just that with all the extra security since 9/11, going across the border has become more arduous than ever.

"When you have both passports, it's just a breeze; whichever way you're going, that's the passport you pull out. I've seen my manager do it 100 times. And (the U.S. citizenship exam) isn't a really horrendous test; you just really have to know about the setup of the American government and the history.

"But it's really more of a detail for me than an allegiance thing."

No word on whether he's working on a new song called Dual Citizenship Woman.