Lovely Lyrics: Canada (You're a Lifetime Wonder)

Happy Canada Day!

Here’s Sadie snuggled into my Team Canada jersey last night.  Things don’t get much more Canadian in this house than hockey and Sidney Crosby!  And Tim Hortons coffee!

I thought this song was an appropriate choice for July 1!

I confess that I found the lyrics online because I no longer trust my French language skills enough to listen to the song and accurately type out the lyrics myself.  What has happened to me?!?  I used to speak French!  I am holding out hope that should we ever move to a French-speaking nation, it will come back to me because when we went to Paris, it only took a couple of days before I was able to converse reasonably well with others.  And I can attest to the whole receptive language / expressive language thing because I didn’t have much difficulty reading French, but remembering words and verb tenses to communicate without sounding like a nitwit was quite the challenge.

Nonetheless, I am hoping the French lyrics are correct, and for what it’s worth, I think the song is beautiful and can be appreciated even if you’re not fluent in French!

Canada (You’re a Lifetime Journey)

from Epcot’s Canada Pavilion

Canada (Canada)

My Canada (mon Canada)

You’re a lifetime journey

for the traveler (le voyageur)

Canada (Canada)

My Canada (mon Canada)

You’re a lifeline of wonder

on this planet Earth (planète terre)

Canada

You are far too vast and beautiful

for words to ever really tell

Canada

Ten thousand dawns and sunsets I could see

and still not know you well

J’ai suivi la trace de tes oiseaux

de neiges dans les forêts

J’atteins peu à peu ton coeur et je vois

Comme si comme l’enfant

Canada (Canada)

My Canada (mon Canada)

A boutissement d’un rêve

pour tous les voyageurs

Canada (Canada)

My Canada (mon Canada)

Sur ta ligne de vie se tracent

les miracles de la terre

Canada

comme une odyssée à travers les temps

tu es la fleur et la semence

Canada

tes montagnes tes villes et tes mers

Sont tout ce que j’aime

People from around the world

have settled in your land

For their heritage and Canada they stand

Side by side and hand in hand

Canada (Canada)

My Canada (mon Canada)

You’re a lifeline of wonder

on this planet Earth

Music by Bob Moline

Lyrics by Guy Bannardot

Happy Tails to you!