Story Behind The Song

THE ABOVE HAPPENED

Song Description

GETTIN CAUGHT IN A LIGHTENING STORM IN THE RAIN ON A LAKE IN A METAL CANOE? NOT DESIRABLE

Lyrics

Tin Canoe
I borrowed a fine vessel from the noted Mr. Brown
Headed to my favorite lake bout 19 miles from town
Tied on my bivisible the one the big ones like
I cast it to the water there was one hellacious strike
And as this monster battled I was happy through and through
In a tin canoe
I thought this was my lucky day but then I thought again
The sky began to darken rolling thunder spewin rain
I was about a mile from shore the lightening did begin
Twas then I fully realized the trouble I was in
It?s odd when something biblical starts happening to you
In a Tin Canoe
In a tin Canoe In a Tin Canoe
I?m asking you What do you do?
I?m asking you
What do ya do in a tin canoe?

With the lightning creepin ever closer through the rain
I pondered how when I was young I used to play with trains
I?d roll them round my tiny track Oh brother I did thrive
I said one day when I get big it?s one of these I?ll drive
So as the lightening hit the mark I had to marvel how
I never got to be a conductor then but I surely am one now
In a Tin Canoe

I got fried of course I died and met my worldly fates
I found myself delivered up to heavens pearly gates
As I started thinkin bout the series of events
It seemed a silly way to go it wasn?t making sense
So I asked my heavenly father Lord why did this come to pass?
And he looked down at me from his mighty golden throne
And he looked down at me with exquisite knowledge
And he said to me in a voice with the warmth of a million benevolent suns
?You aint got no fishing license so I get to kick your ass!?
In a tin canoe

Ross Douglas SOCAN