Miss Canada

from Reckon by Jason Collett

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lyrics

She takes off her dress
In a Fort McMurray motel bed
When the boys cash their checks
In the fields of black gold

Back home the cannery’s closed
And the fishing boats don’t hardly fish no more
She came out west
Hoping to make the best of it

It wasn’t what she planned
But who could draw a line
In the tar sands
Money’s a fast talking bird in the hand

There she goes
Miss here she was
Where has she gone
When the wind blows
That’s all she wrote

When the work’s all gone
And there’s just the odd job
Those that can’t hang on
Move along

And when the wind blows
And the Athabasca river flows
Restless is all she knows

In the fields of black gold
Everything has a price
It ain’t cheap but it’s sold-off anyway

There she goes
Miss here she was
Where has she gone when the wind blows
That’s all she wrote

credits

from Reckon, released September 25, 2012
Darcy Yates- Bass, Taylor Knox- Drums, Neil Quin- Lap Guitar, Afie Jurvanen- Electric Guitar, Mike O'Brien- Piano, Danielle Duval- Backup Vocals, Bryden Baird- Trumpet, Jason- Acoustic Guitar

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Jason Collett Toronto, Ontario

Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released four solo albums, and is a member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, Song & Dance Man, was released in February, 2016.

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