Jane Siberry I Paddle My Canoe Lyrics

I Paddle My Canoe Lyrics

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