BROTHERS (Reuben sings lead):



Do you remember the good years in Canaan?

The summers were endlessly gold

The fields were a patchwork of clover

The winters were never too cold

We'd stroll down the boulevard together

No hint of this tragic decline

Now the fields are dead and bare

No joie de vivre anywhere

Et maintenant we drink a bitter wine



Those Canaan days we used to know

Where have they gone? Where did they go?

Eh bien, raise your berets

To those Canaan days



Do you remember those wonderful parties?

The splendour of Canaan's cuisine

Those extravagant, elegant soirees

The gayest the Bible has seen

It's funny but since we lost Joseph

We've gone to the other extreme

No-one comes to dinner now

We'd only eat them anyhow

I even find I'm missing Joseph's dreams





Those Canaan days we used to know

Where have they gone? Where did they go?

Eh bien, raise your berets

To those Canaan days



It's funny, but since we lost Joseph

We've gone to the other extreme

Perhaps we all misjudged the lad

Perhaps he wasn't quite that bad

And how we miss his entertaining dreams



Those Canaan days we used to know

Where have they gone? Where did they go?

Eh bien, raise your berets

To those Canaan days