Todd Thibaud

Lyrics

Long Champlain
Music and Lyrics: Todd Thibaud

In ’69 I was just a boy, the radio my favorite toy
It opened up another world to me
And every song was like a book, I memorized each line and hook
Carried them like precious currency

But oh Marie, I’m a bad man
I was born to have a dream
And it haunts me still, that I said I will
Take the road past the long Champlain

Well it took some time but I learned to play, everything began to change
I saw a path I’d never seen before
And music became second blood, overtook me like a flood
Carried me to unfamiliar shores

And oh Marie, I’m a bad man
I was born to have a dream
And it haunts me still, that I said I will
Take the road past the long Champlain

Through the years I found my voice, I guess I made the only choice
And here I sit a man of humble means
But I’ve seen the world from dirty vans, played my songs in foreign lands
I guess I know how lucky I have been

And oh Marie, I’m a bad man
I was born to have a dream
And it haunts me still, that I said I will
Take the road past the long Champlain

And it haunts me still, that I said I will
Take the road past the long Champlain