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The Ballad of the RAA Lyrics
We invariably left the prairies
In my heart
Since we never moved an inch
Does the love grow
Home with the wild rose(?), now
Somethings(?) moving out here
We invariably left the prairies
In my heart
Since we never moved an inch
Then you found me
Alone on a Friday, now
Somethings(?) moving out here
So I'm going over (?)
My parents or your dad
Rockies or the Great Lakes
And my heart pounds as you say
So I'm going over (?)
My parents or your dad
Rockies or the Great Lakes
And my heart pounds as you say
And all these things will past
It's the good ones that will last
And right here what we've had
Is a good thing, it will last
And all these things will past
It's the good ones that will last
And right here what we've had
Is a good thing, it will last
In my heart
Since we never moved an inch
Does the love grow
Home with the wild rose(?), now
Somethings(?) moving out here
In my heart
Since we never moved an inch
Then you found me
Alone on a Friday, now
Somethings(?) moving out here
My parents or your dad
Rockies or the Great Lakes
And my heart pounds as you say
My parents or your dad
Rockies or the Great Lakes
And my heart pounds as you say
It's the good ones that will last
And right here what we've had
Is a good thing, it will last
It's the good ones that will last
And right here what we've had
Is a good thing, it will last
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Swapped Garneau for Dundas My parents for your dad The Rockies for the Great Lakes And my heart pounds as you say
This one hits close to home, as I have also moved from Alberta to Ontario.
Garneau is a neighbourhood in Edmonton, whereas Dundas is one in Toronto.
I think the chorus is talking about the things he's traded, moving from AB to ON: [?] for Dundas, my parents for your dad, the Rockies for the Great Lakes.. The [?] is probably some street in AB; I wish I knew which.
No no. The song pertains to moving from Alberta to Ontario ("left the wild rose," Alberta's flower), specifically from Strathcona (errrrrr, Edmonton) to Downtown Toronto. Dundas is a neighbourhood/street in Toronto, and Garneau is my old hood in Edmonton; a wicked part of town really.
No no. The song pertains to moving from Alberta to Ontario ("left the wild rose," Alberta's flower), specifically from Strathcona (errrrrr, Edmonton) to Downtown Toronto. Dundas is a neighbourhood/street in Toronto, and Garneau is my old hood in Edmonton; a wicked part of town really.
Ergo, the protagonist traded "the Rockies," the mountain chain in Alberta/BC for the "Great Lakes," in the move, along with the immediacy of certain familial relationships. Such A Great Track.
Ergo, the protagonist traded "the Rockies," the mountain chain in Alberta/BC for the "Great Lakes," in the move, along with the immediacy of certain familial relationships. Such A Great Track.
Garneau is my current 'hood. A great part of town. Wouldn't swap it for any other neighbourhood! This is just a fantastic song!
Garneau is my current 'hood. A great part of town. Wouldn't swap it for any other neighbourhood! This is just a fantastic song!
This definitely is a moving away from home song. I think the message is that you always take a part of your "home" with you, wherever you go. Of course, it would make much more sense if the lyrics were correct: the third (and 9th) line is "since THEY never moved an inch," which I take it means that the part of the prairie they have with them is only in their heart, since the prairies are physically still in AB.