Canoe Song letra

I like to make 'em out of birch bark skins
I studied how with the Indians
A little pine tar, nice and thin
Makes a boat float just right

I like to brag about the perfect stroke
I own a paddle made of aged oak
Every maneuver I can do by rote
But there's one thing I don't like

Don't like to put the paddle in the water
That would be a crazy thing to do
I don't want to be no fishes' fodder
I don't want to tip in that canoe
I'd rather be a dreamer on the shoreline
Than a hero at the bottom of the lake
I never put the paddle in the water
That would be a dangerous mistake

I sing "Allouette" in Francais
Just like the French in Hudson Bay
I smoke a pipe and drink Beaujolais
And I tell a tall tale or two

I know every river and portage
And in an emergency, I know triage
I smell a storm like a weather cock
But there's one thing I won't do

Don't like to put the paddle in the water
That would be a crazy thing to do
I don't want to be no fishes' fodder
I don't want to tip in that canoe
I'd rather be a dreamer on the shoreline
Than a hero at the bottom of the lake
I never put the paddle in the water
That would be a dangerous mistake

I know the tensile strength of each one
Fiberglass or aluminum
I make plans and study maps
Draw lines across the world and back
I like to train on weight machines
Carbo-load and high protein
I'm a fanatic, it would seem
But baby, I'm no fool

Don't like to put the paddle in the water
That would be a crazy thing to do
I don't want to be no fishes' fodder
I don't want to tip in that canoe
I'd rather be a dreamer on the shoreline
Than a hero at the bottom of the lake
I never put the paddle in the water
That would be a dangerous mistake

Peter Mayer - Letras

• 15 More Minutes
• Africa
• Angel in the Snow
• Astronaut Dreams
• Awake
• Blessed Disease
• Blue Boat Home
• Bountiful
• Brand New Harley
• Brown County Fair
• Camping by the Sun
• Canoe Song
• Captain of My Life
• Charlie Porter
• Christmas Morning
• Coming Home
• Could You Be
• Crawl In
• Dancing Song
• Dandelion
• Dorothy's Pie
• Driving With My Knee
• Earth Town Square
• Easy Street
• Evil Be Gone
• Fake Plant
• Fall
• Gitchi Gummi
• God is a River
• Green
• Happy Place
• Harry the Pharoah
• Heavenly Child
• Holy Now
• Jama Day
• John's Garden
• Like a Mountain
• Little Jimmy
• Looking for the Dove
• Made in China
• Magic Beans
• Magical World
• Make My Christmas Day
• Molly O'Malley's
• My Soul
• Nobody Knows I'm Famous
• Now Touch the Air Softly
• O Sun
• Ocean Mary
• On the Water
• On the Water
• One More Circle
• Peppermint Wind
• Peter, Peter
• Real Good Storm
• Right on Down the Line
• River Run
• Rosa Parks
• Round World
• Running with the Buffalo
• Scatterbrain
• Skyblaster Man
• Snuffleupagus
• Stables
• Stanley
• Story of My Life
• Straw House Down
• The Birthday Party
• The Dark
• The Houses of Winter
• The Introvert Song
• The Longest Night
• The Play
• The Promised Land
• The String
• Things I Need
• Uncrowded Sky
• Waking Up
• Walk with a Lighter Touch
• Wasting Time
• Where is the Light?
• Why Pay Your Money
• Winter Woods
• World of Dreams
• Yukon Sally