Story Behind The Song
it happened to the writer!
Song Description
A couple plays hooky from work on a beautiful summer day. They drive North listening to music and drinking beer ending up at a river where they venture out on an afternoon canoe trip.
| Song Length |
4:39 |
Genre |
Rock - Funk, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, On Cloud Nine |
Subject |
Attracted, Crush, Boats |
| Similar Artists |
Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
Canoe Song
written by Michael B. Crittenden
copyright 1998 Mackinaw Harvest Music(BMI)
VERSE 1
we blew off work cuz the sky was so beautiful
headed north for a 3 hour drive
you cracked a beer...then you put some music on
you looked at me and I was real, real gone
PRECHORUS
in a flash
we were drifting down the river
CHORUS
with the paddles bangin
water splashin
ice meltin in the cooler
feeling like an Aztec ruler
Sun is shinin
all around us
music blarin from a boom box
bottom scrapin on the big rocks
I never thought that I would meet someone like you
Welcome to my canoe
VERSE 2
Driftin with the current
It's a bit beguiling
Blue water colors reflecting in your eyes
I've never met a girl who likes to drink like you do
You're just like me in that respect, some sort of voodoo
And we're driftin' down the river
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Well I'm doin' all the work
but I don't mind because she's beautiful
Sittin' in the back, I've got to steer, but I've got quite the view
The deer along the bank are kinda cute
But they're not good kissers
Don't quite compare to the one who sits in front of me now
Yeah, and we're driftin' down the river
CHORUS