Laurie Anderson - Hey Ah lyrics
[Laurie Anderson - Hey Ah lyrics]
It was up in Canada and it was August
But very cold i had been staying on
This Cree Indian reservation for a few days
Just sort of hanging around one day
Some anthropologists showed up
At the reservation they came in a little
Plane with maple leaves painted on
The wings they said
They were there to shoot a documentary of
The Cree Indians they set up
Their video equipment in a tin Quonset
Hut next to the Hudson Bay
Company then they asked the oldest man
On the reservation to come and
Sing some songs for their documentary on
The day of the taping
The old man arrived he was
Blind and wearing a red
Plaid shirt they turned on some lights and he
Started to sing but he kept
Starting over and sweating
Pretty soon it was clear
That he didn't really
Know any of the songs he
Just kept starting over and
Sweating and rocking back and
Forth the only words
He really seemed sure of were "Hey ah hey ah
Hey hey hey hey ah hey hey "
(Hey ah hey hey hey ah hey)
I am singing the songs
(Hey ah hey ah hey) the old songs but I
Can't remember the words of the old songs
(Hey hey hey ah hey) the old hunting songs
I am singing the songs of my fathers
And of the animals they hunted down
(Hey hey hey ah hey) I never knew
The words of the old songs
(Hey hey ah hey hey hey hey
Ah hey) I never went hunting
(Hey hey ah ah hey ah hey)
I never sang the songs
(Hey ah hey) of my fathers
(Hey hey ah hey) I am singing for this movie
(Hey ah) I am doing this for money
(Hey hey ah hey) I
Remember Grandfather he lay
On his back while he was dying
(Hey ah hey hey ah hey) I think I am no one
(Hey hey ah hey hey)
But very cold i had been staying on
This Cree Indian reservation for a few days
Just sort of hanging around one day
Some anthropologists showed up
At the reservation they came in a little
Plane with maple leaves painted on
The wings they said
They were there to shoot a documentary of
The Cree Indians they set up
Their video equipment in a tin Quonset
Hut next to the Hudson Bay
Company then they asked the oldest man
On the reservation to come and
Sing some songs for their documentary on
The day of the taping
The old man arrived he was
Blind and wearing a red
Plaid shirt they turned on some lights and he
Started to sing but he kept
Starting over and sweating
Pretty soon it was clear
That he didn't really
Know any of the songs he
Just kept starting over and
Sweating and rocking back and
Forth the only words
He really seemed sure of were "Hey ah hey ah
Hey hey hey hey ah hey hey "
(Hey ah hey hey hey ah hey)
I am singing the songs
(Hey ah hey ah hey) the old songs but I
Can't remember the words of the old songs
(Hey hey hey ah hey) the old hunting songs
I am singing the songs of my fathers
And of the animals they hunted down
(Hey hey hey ah hey) I never knew
The words of the old songs
(Hey hey ah hey hey hey hey
Ah hey) I never went hunting
(Hey hey ah ah hey ah hey)
I never sang the songs
(Hey ah hey) of my fathers
(Hey hey ah hey) I am singing for this movie
(Hey ah) I am doing this for money
(Hey hey ah hey) I
Remember Grandfather he lay
On his back while he was dying
(Hey ah hey hey ah hey) I think I am no one
(Hey hey ah hey hey)