Gord Downie is all of us
He's our winter jacket
Our frozen mitts
Our sneakers in the snow
Our Hockey Night in Canada
And all the things we know
He's our 99
Our 87
His beloved #4
Our Bob and Harry in the booth
Our guy who shoots and scores
He's our Stanley Cup
Our morning skate
Our mullets fit to groom
Our local minor hockey teams
Our beers in dressing rooms
He's our bonfire chairs
Our Blue Jays games
Our fishing at the camp
Our CBC, our Double-Double
Our card games 'round a lamp
He's our Bay of Fundy
Our Hudson Bay
Our tides and waves and breaks
Our rivers, streams, and puddles too
He's all of our Great Lakes
He's our Group of Seven
Our Hugh MacLennan
Our Atwood and MacLeod
Our David Adams Richards
And all who make us proud
He's our Secret Path
Our dew in grass
Our sunlight and our glow
Our morning rain
Our pleasure pain
He's everyone you know
He's our 401
Our CN Tower
Our fields and forests too
He's everything Canadian
He's all of me and you
He's our winter jacket
Our frozen mitts
Our sneakers in the snow
Our Hockey Night in Canada
And all the things we know
He's our 99
Our 87
His beloved #4
Our Bob and Harry in the booth
Our guy who shoots and scores
He's our Stanley Cup
Our morning skate
Our mullets fit to groom
Our local minor hockey teams
Our beers in dressing rooms
He's our bonfire chairs
Our Blue Jays games
Our fishing at the camp
Our CBC, our Double-Double
Our card games 'round a lamp
He's our Bay of Fundy
Our Hudson Bay
Our tides and waves and breaks
Our rivers, streams, and puddles too
He's all of our Great Lakes
He's our Group of Seven
Our Hugh MacLennan
Our Atwood and MacLeod
Our David Adams Richards
And all who make us proud
He's our Secret Path
Our dew in grass
Our sunlight and our glow
Our morning rain
Our pleasure pain
He's everyone you know
He's our 401
Our CN Tower
Our fields and forests too
He's everything Canadian
He's all of me and you
-Jerrod Edson
(We love you, Gord.)
(We love you, Gord.)
18 comments:
Nice. Really nice!
Thanks, Andy. Had to get that one off my chest!
Good one!
Thanks, Clive.
Jerrod, great stuff. Heartfelt and delivered in a tragically hip kinda way.
Thanks!
...Sam. I didn't know that was you...
Very well said Jerrod!
Thanks BcM!
Well done, great piece Jerrod!
Thanks, Scott. Wow, it's been a while...Hope you are well.
Beautiful and so true
Thank you.
You struck a chord !! Thank you for that !! <3
Thank you.
That was well said...��
So true and well penned
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