I Paddle My Canoe letra

Oh, I don't like the look of the look of today
A great grey cloud is coming our way
So I move through the streets on my own
A-huffing and a-puffing and feeling so alone

O Grandfather, Grandfather
Will you wake up?
Will you take up these threads?

O Grandmother, Grandmother
I am walking on such thin ice
I wonder how you feel?
And a fire is burning in the fireplace
And the windows crackle with rain
Feels so part of my place
So I leave my sleeping ancients
And I walk down the steps
And I move to the edge of the forest
Where I lay my heaviness...

Oh, where is my sweet puppy?
Oh, there you are
You're never far behind
Sometimes he seems like a little lamb
So I push off from the shore
I press my face against the watery place
I push off from the shore
My sweet dog and you
I paddle my canoe
Across the water and home to you.

Way back then, way back then
My Grandfather sleeping by the fire
Way back then, way back then
My Grandmother dreaming of desire
Way back then, way back there
My sweet family
I will return someday
But on this grey afternoon
There's something that I must obey
So I paddle my canoe out across the bay
The end of an endless day
My puppy and me
Across the water and home to thee

Jane Siberry - Letras

• Above The Treeline
• Adam And Eve
• All The Candles In The World
• All Through The Night
• An Angel Stepped Down (and Slowly Looked Around)
• Angel Voyeur
• Anytime
• Are We Dancing Now?
• Are You Burning, Little Candle?
• At The Beginning Of Time
• Barkis Is Willin'
• Begat Begat
• Berlin Is Far Away
• Bessie
• Bound By The Beauty
• Broken Birds
• Burning Ship
• Calling All Angels
• Caravan
• Dancing Class
• Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog
• Extra Executives
• False False Fly
• First Word
• Flirtin' Is A Flo-thing
• Foecke
• Follow Me
• Freedom Is Gold
• Goin' Down The River
• Goodbye
• Goodbye Sweet Pumpkinhead
• Grace Hospital
• Half Angel Half Eagle
• Hockey
• Honey Bee
• Hope You Have Your Camera
• Hotel Room 417
• I Muse Aloud
• I Paddle My Canoe
• In The Blue Light
• It Can't Rain All The Time
• La Jalouse
• Last Word
• Lena Is A White Table
• Let's Not Talk Now
• Love Is Everything
• Lovin' Cup
• Map Of The World (part I)
• Map Of The World (part II)
• Marco Polo
• Maria
• Mary Had...
• Mein Bitte
• Mimi On The Beach
• Mimi Speaks
• Miss Punta Blanca
• Nasty And Delicious
• Oh My My
• Oh My Sister
• One More Colour
• Puppet City
• Red High Heels
• Sail Across The Water
• See The Child
• Seven Steps To The Wall
• Slow Tango
• Something About Trains
• Song To My Father
• Sweet Incarnadine
• Symmetry (the Way Things Have To Be)
• Taxi Ride
• Temple
• The Bird In The Gravel
• The Gospel According To Darkness
• The Life In The Red Wagon
• The Lobby
• The Magic Beads
• The Mystery At Ogwen's Farm
• The Sky Is So Blue
• The Strange Well
• The Valley
• The Waitress
• The Walking (and Constantly)
• The White Tent The Raft
• This Girl I Know
• Trumpeter Swan
• Vigil (The Sea)
• Viking Heart
• Vladimir Vladimir
• We Should Be There By Morning
• When Last I Was A Fisherman
• When Spring Comes
• Would You Go
• Writers Are A Funny Breed
• You Don't Need
• You Say I Say