I’m not a canoe   Not in the water or on the water   Not floating   Not kneeling down or kneeling on the bottom   I don’t have any tumblehope   Not sliding silently through the water   Not even moistening my lips   When you’re a canoe the stairs are impossible   To turn around you basically go in a circle   You can’t bend over   You can’t stop feathering  People say it’s not whether you’re a canoe but what you do when you’re a canoe that matters   How you handle yourself as a canoe   What kind of a canoe you are   In the days of canoes you could do anything if you were a canoe   You could go anywhere   You had everything you needed   That was in the days of canoes