Canada...WAKE UP!

Look behind you, your history's creeping

Canada...WAKE UP!

It's far too exciting for you to be sleeping

A totally awesome selection of heroes.

Terry Fox was a hero

Laura Secord warned us of a sneak attack

And Rene Levesque each day smoke a whole other pack

Oscar Peterson grooves us now that Trudeau's resigned

Take a look at their lives, it will blow your mind!

Stop in your tracks but don't relax

Try to pause to think, check out the facts

You've got Jacques and Gilles and Guy Phil

Margaret Atwood, [??]

Canadian people who are forever gonna be the heroes.

Canada...WAKE UP!

Ask your mother, I'll bet that she knows

A totally massive plethora of heroes.



Canada...WAKE UP!

There's a hero in every story

Canada...WAKE UP!

Some are left wing and some are Tory

A totally awesome selection of heroes.

What makes someone a hero?

Do you have to take a special course in school?

Or maybe save Grandad's life when he's fallen into the pool?

You've heard all about Superman, he's just a cartoon

But there's real superheroes and real things they were doin'

Once again we've got the story of the heroes

No flashy stars, no {???} like Robert DeNiro's

Different faces, different races

Working hard in different places

Canada...WAKE UP!

We've to Metis and mountainclimbers

Canada...WAKE UP!

Farmers, Hippies and Maritimers

A totally massive plethora of heroes.



Canada...WAKE UP!

You've probably got heroes next door

Canada...WAKE UP!

So what do we need this show for?

To show you an awesome selection of heroes

What makes someone a hero?

Do you have to win a war or build a fort?

Or maybe invent the phone, or win the gold in some sport?

Laurier straddled the Solitudes, Wayne and Schuster wore slacks

Our heroes give blood, then pay income tax.

Now and then, give yourself some time to think about

Your own heritage, {???}

{???} to store, from shore to shore, from rich to working poor

Celebrate and don't berate

All the women and men who made this nation great

Not just fancy cars and movie stars

{???}

Canadian people who are forever gonna be the heroes.

Canada...WAKE UP!

Ask your uncle, I'll bet that he knows

A totally massive plethora of heroes.







This is from a CBC program that Moxy Früvous was commisioned to write

songs for (back in the

early, early days) entitled Heritage Heroes