Canada 2

by Paris Street

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The second of two, 2-song EP's based on my travels in Canada. The songs in this EP take place in Vancouver (Sensing Endings) and a large swath of Manitoba (Remembrance Day).

Folks who download the entire EP will be graced with a free bonus track.

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released 01 November 2011
Written and performed by Carl Polgar.
Cover photo taken in Vancouver on January 2003.

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tags: pop canada folk pop indie indie pop indie rock manitoba nashville paris street pop twee pop vancouver winnipeg Nashville

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Track Name: Remembrance Day
She enjoyed my Churchill poems
Their imagery, meter, and tone
But - to her - the best thing was
How she factored in each and every one

The story of the northbound train
The antics that the cars contained
A fourteen hour ride
Underneath the stars and northern lights

Past the tree line, towards the place
Where the wind destroys your face
As the ice forms on the bay

Earlier in Thompson bars
Buying drinks for pool hall stars
At 55 degrees
The latitude that weakened Gordon's knees

Stumbling back to our hotel beds
As the lights danced overhead
Giving us a complete sense
Of our total insignificance

And everyone so generous
The cab drivers and Thompson drunks
Happy to lend a hand to us

Red plastic poppies on display
Pinned to a nation's chest - they say
It's for Remembrance Day

Trudging through the ice and snow
In boots too big and borrowed clothes
Too cold for my Florida bones

Past the tree line, towards the place
Where the wind destroys your face
As the ice forms on the bay

Red plastic poppies on display
Pinned to a nation's heart - they say
It's for Remembrance Day

We were bummed out on the last leg
Of our flight back to Winnipeg
So sad to see the story end

Red plastic poppies on display
Pinned to a nation's chest - they say
It's for Remembrance Day
Track Name: Sensing Endings
Here is the time
And here is the consequence
We're of no mind
To act on these things we sense

The last night in town
The end of our holiday
There's so little doubt
We can't go on this way

But for now
Just smile
And I
Will smile
With you

Let's find a quiet spot
It's starting to rain
We can't see the mountaintops

A drink and a smoke
Dance the rest of the night
And still hold out hope
Until closing time arrives

But for now
Just smile
And I
Will smile
With you

I feel it, too
How happy we both are
But sadness is never far
Away

Here is the time
And here is the consequence
I'll pretend it's right
If you pretend this makes sense

Life will go on
And we will move on somehow
We both know we're wrong
But we're too weak to change things now

But for now
Just smile
And I
Will smile
With you