Those Canaan Days

Do you remember the good years in Canaan?



The summers were endlessly gold



The fields were a patchwork of clover



The winters were never too cold



We'd stroll down the boulevards together



And everything round us was fine



Now the fields are dead and bare



No joie de vivre anywhere



Et maintenant we drink a bitter wine



Those Canaan days we used to know



Where have they gone, where did they go?



Eh bien, raise your berets to those Canaan days



Do you remember those wonderful parties?



The splendor of Canaan's cuisine



Our extravagant, elegant soirees



The gayest the Bible has seen



It's funny but since we lost Joseph



We've gone to the other extreme



No one comes to dinner now, we'd only eat them anyhow



I even find I'm missing Joseph's dreams



Those Canaan days we used to know



Where have they gone, where did they go?



Eh bien, raise your berets to those Canaan days



It's funny but since we lost Joseph



We've gone to the other extreme



Perhaps we all misjudged the lad



Perhaps he wasn't quite that bad



And how we miss his entertaining dreams



Those Canaan days we used to know



Where have they gone, where did they go?



Eh bien, raise your berets to those Canaan days



Eh bien, raise your berets to those Canaan days