Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Big Canoe, artist - Tim Finn. Album song The Big Canoe, in the genre ПопDate of issue: 31.12.1985
Record label: Virgin
Song language: English
Big Canoe |
| Hurled me a rope around the sun |
| Pulled her hot through the distant day |
| Cast the nets out into the blue |
| Caught me the islands fresh with spray |
| Then I came to the virgin rocks and sandbars |
| Shored the boats from the dancing waters |
| There in the shadow of the Tokelau hills |
| Burned me the fish for the moon gods daughter |
| Big canoe, oh, cut me through, oh |
| Thin white cloud of the Archipelago |
| Eye of the hunter on the shadow trail |
| Caught me the eel in the mountain stream |
| Marked the spot where the Moa fell |
| Sweat on the hands of my giant dreams |
| Then we dragged the hardwood down to the shore |
| Feet for the huts in the river’s mouth |
| Ploughed for the spice and the sweet potato |
| Build me the tribes of the distant south |
| We are the myths in the children’s eyes |
| We are their hope when the future lies |
| The white ships came from tall lands far |
| Full of the sword and the crucifixion |
| I traded my heart for a tank of gas |
| On a road of tarmac with new intentions |
| Stared me up at the moon gods daughter |
| Laughed she did at the fat man’s laws |
| Felt me the earth through three dollar shoes |
| Heard the roar of a thousand oars |