Canoe - Rare Americans

The milk from mother’s breast

Gave you the start, that was best

Food on your face, your hair a mess

Flying colours, life’s little tests

Confident and strong, stickin' out your chest

The best to come, the worst a guess

Am I livin' a lie?

I ask me, myself, and I

'Cause everybody knows, courage comes and goes

Brother, hold on for the next supply

To thine own self, be true

In this life it’s all up to you

You paddle your own canoe

You paddle your own canoe

Your own canoe!

Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do

Your own canoe!

Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do

Eddies and kicks, rapids turn six

Then you remiss, chances you missed

Wind hits your sails, start to prevail

Suddenly assailed, wind, rain and hail

You just hit your stride, bride by your side

It’s a smooth ride, systems collide

It’s your first real strife, pretty little life

Change overnight, real fuckin' fight

Times shuck and jive, odds spike and dive

Hornets now fully out of the hive

This too shall pass, ride it out on your raft

You just never know how long these things will last

Last, last, last, last

Am I livin' a lie?

I ask me myself and I

'Cause everybody knows, courage comes and goes

Brother hold on for the next supply

I’m not gonna ride with you

Mister I ain’t following you

No matter what you say, promise or do

Talk until your face is blue

To thine own self, be true

In this life it’s all up to you

You paddle your own canoe

You paddle your own canoe

Your own canoe!

Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do

Your own canoe!

Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do

I’m in the middle of a jungle man, I’m right in the throngs

All kinds of little animals yelling, telling me I’m wrong (you're wrong)

Okay maybe they’re right?

Nah, should say sorry to myself

Those itty-bitty fucks can’t fuck up my good mental health

The winds of change are so strong, man they need names

Like tornadoes, cyclones and hurricanes