Those Canaan days
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(Reuben : )
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1. Do you remember the good years in Canaan ?
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The summers were endlessly
gold.
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The fields were a patchwork of
clover,
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the
winters were never too cold.
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We strolled down the boulevard
to together,
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and ev'rything round us was fine.
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Now the fields are dead and
bare, no joie de vivre anywhere,
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et maintenant we drink a bitter wine.
(Reuben + Brothers : )
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Those Canaan days we used to know,
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where
have they gone ? Where did they go ?
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Eh bien,
raise your berets to those Canaan days.
(Reuben : )
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2. Do you remember those wonderful parties ?
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the
splendour of Canaan's cuisine.
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Our extravagant, elegant
soirées,
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the gayest
the Bible has seen.
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It's funny but since we lost
Joseph,
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we've
gone to the other extreme.
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No one comes to dinner now, we'd only eat them anyhow,
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I even find I'm missing
Joseph's dreams.
(Reuben + Brothers : )
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Those Canaan days we used to
know,
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where
have they gone ? Where did they go ?
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Eh bien,
raise your berets to those Canaan days.
(Reuben : )
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3. It's funny but since we lost Joseph,
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we've
gone to the other extreme.
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Perhaps we all misjudged the
lad,
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perhaps
he wasn't quite that bad,
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and now
we miss his entertaining dreams.
(Reuben + Brothers : )
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Those Canaan days we used to
know,
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where
have they gone ? Where did - - - did they go ?
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Eh bien,
raise your berets to those Canaan days.
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+ Eh bien, raise your berets to those Canaan days.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Webber /
Rice)