John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John K. Samson
According to Samson, this song, from his second solo album, Winter Wheat, is addressed to the oldest oak tree in Brookside Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Western Canada. It serves as a reminder that nature, possibly even a tree we pass by every day, existed long before the events and technologica...
[Verse 1]
Before we built that smirking airport
Before the phones told us where to go
Before the strike, before the streetcar
Before we read comics on the radio
Long before we found a way to gauge the coldest day
[Verse 2]
Before the flood, before the treaty
Before we broke a promise to appear
Before we drew the new team logo
Before the taste of Malathion lingered here
Way before we skated down the Eaton Place parkade
[Bridge]
Before we built that
Before the fire
You were lifted by a blue jay beating wings above a sea
(Before the treaty)
With a wave of grazing bison, tall grass prairie
(Before we broke)
You were set in sandy soil and stand a mighty oak
Stand a mighty oak
Oldest Oak At Brookside was written by John K. Samson.
John K. Samson released Oldest Oak At Brookside on Fri Oct 21 2016.