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- From: mcoyle@fraser.sfu.ca (Strider Coyle)
- Subject: Far Too Canadian
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.014547.9293@sfu.ca>
- Summary: (song lyrics)
- Sender: Strider
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <BxH3Hq.2wE@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> <1992Nov16.145703.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> <Nov.22.08.15.38.1992.5258@romulus.rutgers.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:45:47 GMT
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- Here is a song by Vancouver group called Spirit Of The West. I
- first heard this song at the Canada 125 celebrations in Ottawa this
- year. They were playing on the lawn of the Museum of Civilization on a
- beautiful summer evening, the flag was hanging just behind the
- audience against the wall of the museum, and the Parliament Buildings
- were visible across the river. It was an incredible concert, and this
- song affected me deeply.
-
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- Far Too Canadian
-
- I'm so content, to stand in line
- wait and see, pass the time
- talk a streak, fall asleep, wake up late
- whine and weep
- I kiss the hand that slaps me senseless
- I'm so accepting, so defenceless
- I am far too Canadian
- far too Canadian
-
- I pick the bones, of what's been done
- lick them clean, with a cautious tongue
- in dim lit rooms, I spill my guts
- I'm the revolution when the doors are shut
- I'd bite the hand that slaps me senseless
- but my patience is too relentless
- I am far too Canadian
- I am far too Canadian
-
- Chorus
- I am the face of my country
- expressionless and small
- weak at the knees, shaking badly
- can't straighten up at all
- I watch the spine of my country bend and break
- I'm in a sorry state
-
- I scratch the walls, to mark the days
- with my coup de tete, I'm locked away
- with Mother Jones, pots of tea
- the kitchen poster, anarchy
- I never march in demonstrations
- I hold my breath for arbitration
- I am far too Canadian
-
- Chorus repeat
-
- I am in a sorry state
- I am a sorry state
- Welcome to the sorry state
-
- /> Michael (Strider) Coyle
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