Story Behind The Song

Canada has produced so many great artists. Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdive, Patrick Watson, John K Samson, Sarah McLachlan, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, Robbie Robertson, The Band, Drake, Gord Downie, Buffy Saint-Marie....I could go on.....but this song is for them. Each of them has a way with lyrics....and I dig that.

Lyrics

"The Canadian People"
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 2005/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP) :: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Email: chet@chetnichols.net
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Email: ChetNichols@me.com

1. He rode the ferry from Victoria Island
His city dreams would be suddenly real
Under a spotlight his voice and his hands
Were telling the crowd how love feels

CHORUS: The women fell in love with his and motions
Lost in his words and a bartender's potions
The applause at the end was an audible omen
The people had fallen for the Canadian man

2. Detroit, Boston and south California
Held in the gripes of the Angels' arms
She moved cross the states as her poems bore songs
Hoping her dues would not last too long

CHORUS: The world fell in love with her voice and emotions
Lost in her words and a bartender's potions
The heartbeat at the end was an audible omen
The people were in love with the Canadian woman

3. Then came the squeeze play, fame or a family
Lovers were replaced by the sand and the sea
At night they would wonder what was to follow
Loves that had grown to be empty and hollow
They pulled at the paper and sharpened their pencils
To describe a world of attack and retreat
For they vowed to abstain from the perfume and tinsel
Then the world arrived to lay at their feet

CHORUS: The world fell in love with their voice and their notions
Lost in the words and a bartender's potions
The heartbeat at the end was an audible omen
The world was in love with the Canadian people
The world was in love with the Canadian people

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