Oh Canada Lyrics - Missy Higgins

He was carried from the water by a solider 

And the picture screams a thousand different words 

He was running from the terror with his father 

Who once believed that nothing could be worse 

So he'd handed a man two thousand precious dollars 

The way you'd rest a bird in a lion's open jaw 

And he told his boys that Canada was waiting 

That There was hope upon her golden shores 

But at night he said a quiet prayer into the wind 

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Oh Canada, if you can hear me now 

Won't you open up your arms towards the sea? 

Oh Canada, if you can help me out 

All I ever wanted was a safe place for my family 

Well the days were long but the nights were even longer 

And the baby boys never left their mothers' side 

But the boat was small and the waves were getting stronger 

And they began to fear they'd not survive 

So the father said "We gotta hold each other tighter 

I'm not losing everything I've loved tonight 

And we've come so far I know that out there somewhere 

There's a place where we'll not fear for our lives" 

But as he held onto the side of the boat he looked up at the sky 

Oh Canada, if you can hear me now 

Won't you open up your arms towards the sea 

Oh Canada, if you can help me out 

The sea is turning and I think we're going down 

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Oh Canada, if you can hear me now 

Won't you open up your heart towards me 

Oh Anyone, please help me out 

All we ever wanted was a safe place for our family 

There's a million ways to justify your fear 

There's a million ways to measure out your words 

But the body of Alan being laid upon the sand 

Tell me how do you live with that?