O Canada (Canadian Penny Charm) lyrics

[Verse 1]
O Canada, you took me in
Just beneath your native skin
To the land we both belonged to years ago
O pal of mine, how young it was
Mountie you and Yankee cuz
Dog days, adolescent fuzz
Distortion, gain, delay

[Chorus]
O Canada, you took me in
You took me in
You took me in
O Canada

[Verse 2]
A summer long, a lakefront green
The profile of departed queen
Sat sweating by mosquito screens in doors upon the wild
You gave your heart, I deigned a glance
It seemed so plain, but you got fancy
Saw through it, you were still a child

[Chorus]
O Canada, you took me in
You took me in
You took me in
O Canada
[Bridge]
In my pocket, getting warm
Like August in November
In my pocket, getting warm
A value-vacant ember
O Canada

[Verse 3]
O Canada, your penny buys
Not much more than a pair of eyes
Red and cold like dragonflies
That troll the lake at dawn
That's how much our stories earn
Worthless as a mountain fern
Summer glows for fall to burn
For fall to burn

[Chorus]
O Canada, you took me in
You took me in
You took me in
O Canada, you took me in
You took me in
You took me in
O Canada