REMEMBRANCE DAY

standing beneath the cenotaph at Halifax
i heard the bugles on Remembrance Day
for the girls who went the distance from Victoria
and the boys who went marching from Saint John
oh Canada
do we know the price they paid?
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day

if i shake the hand of every ancient soldier
if i wear a poppy and i bow my head
for the girls who were nurses from Regina
and the boys who bled their lives out for King George
oh Canada
am i worth the price they paid?
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day

i stood below the holy ground at Vimy
trying to walk in someone else's shoes
oh would i go the distance that Good Friday
to bleed my sweet life out in the mud
so far from home?
oh Canada
do we know the price they paid?
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day
oh do i know the price you paid?
Remembrance Day
oh do i know the price you paid?