Canada...WAKE UP! Look behind you, history's creeping Canada...WAKE UP! It's far too for you to be sleeping A awesome selection of heroes. Terry Fox was a Secord warned us of a sneak attack And Rene Levesque day smoke a whole other pack Oscar Peterson grooves us now that Trudeau's a look at their lives, it will blow your mind! Stop in tracks but don't relax Try to pause to think, out the facts You've got Jacques and and Guy Phil Margaret Atwood, Canadian who are forever gonna be the heroes. Canada...WAKE UP! Ask your mother, I'll bet she knows A totally plethora of heroes. Canada...WAKE UP! There's a hero in story Canada...WAKE UP! Some are wing and some are Tory A totally selection of heroes. What makes someone a Do you to take a special course in school? Or maybe save Grandad's life when he's fallen the pool? heard all about Superman, he's just a cartoon But there's superheroes and real things they were doin' Once again we've got the of the heroes No flashy stars, no {???} like DeNiro's faces, different races Working in different places Canada...WAKE UP! We've to Metis and Canada...WAKE UP! Farmers, and Maritimers A totally massive of heroes. Canada...WAKE UP! You've got heroes next door Canada...WAKE UP! So what do we need this for? To show you an awesome selection of What makes a hero? Do you have to win a war or build a Or maybe invent the phone, or win the gold in sport? Laurier straddled the Solitudes, Wayne and Schuster slacks Our heroes give blood, then pay tax. Now and then, give yourself some to think about Your own heritage, to store, from shore to shore, from rich to working poor Celebrate and don't All the and men who made this nation great Not just fancy and movie stars Canadian people who are forever be the heroes. Canada...WAKE UP! Ask your uncle, bet that he knows A totally massive of heroes. This is from a CBC program that Moxy was commisioned to write for (back in the early, early days) Heritage Heroes.