Kathleen Edwards

Oh Canada

Kathleen Edwards


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 its 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 
Cuz in the valley below 
There is crack and young girls 
But you don't have to believe 
What stays out of your world