Kathleen Edwards Oh Canada Lyrics

Oh Canada Lyrics

Oh Canada, I stand on guard for a lot

But just last week a white girl was shot

Outside a shopping mall

Yeah, it's written in the press

That your sweet little town

Has lost it's innocence



It's not the year of the gun

We don't say it out loud

There are no headlines

When a black girl dies

It's not the lack of a sense

It's called ambivalence



All still in their lanes

Under rush hour lights

There's one head to a car

But you act so surprised



When the snow don't come

You can't swim in the lakes

Now it's hotter than hell

In a bed you won't make



It's not the lack of a sense

It's called ambivalence



Up on the hill, is the best real estate

Just to get in you have to sell off your faith

'Cause in the valley below

There is crack and young girls

But you don't have to believe

What stays out of your world