Lament For A Nation

LAMENT FOR A NATION Music and Lyric by Steve Bell I woke up late this morning Tell you what I found A patriot asleep at the wheel When I hear our nation’s anthem Of Canada I’m proud But where have our night watchmen been There’s a catch to history When progress has no choice But to leave behind whatever we’ve sown And I saw it on the TV Our fearless leader’s voice Calling to end what we’ve known For every heartbreak poets lend A place where memory finds her bed For every body there’s a stone That divides the living from the dead For every nation come and gone You’ll find a melancholy song Telling stories of her glory For the ones who called her home Well I love the open prairie The gateway to the west When I die right here lay me down With open skies above me A haven for unrest How will her requiem sound