[Verse 1] Oleana, via Del Norte, O Canada It was snowtime, it was showtime, it was no time To be lost in downtown Toronto It was wintertime, ‘round dinnertime I’m beginning to see that the sunshine just doesn’t want to From a side street come a backbeat Pulling on me like the moon pullin’ on the tide Ay caramba, one-note samba, la la la la bamba Lighting me up inside [Chorus] They had the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum The light of a tropical moon on a night to remember Someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar And every note was the antidote to December [Verse 2] My first impression, some kind of procession Pulling on a long line of fancy dancers A band stuck up on a flatbed truck They were raising a ruckus swinging for the fences Exiled Mexican textile working Punching two clocks, sending two paychecks home boys Hard working law ‘biding bus riding people Celebration on wheels destination unknown [Chorus] They had the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum The light of a tropical moon on a night to remember Someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar And every note was the antidote to December [Verse 3] Rio Grande Oleana Via Del Norte Oh Canada There was a lifeline south in the song coming from her mouth It swallowed me up and I followed it on downtown In the light of dawn the message that life goes on For the frozen man an invitation to live again [Chorus] They had the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum The light of a tropical moon on a night to remember Someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar And every note was the antidote to December [Verse 4] They were shakin’ it loose with the juice from the mambo man Long lanky Yankee boy, Buckwheat and Spanky my my Santiago de Cuba Belo Horizonte Cartagena Guaguancó Canada Guaguancó Canada
[Verse 1] Oleana, via Del Norte, O Canada It was snowtime, it was showtime, it was no time To be lost in downtown Toronto It was wintertime, ‘round dinnertime I’m beginning to see that the sunshine just doesn’t want to From a side street come a backbeat Pulling on me like the moon pullin’ on the tide Ay caramba, one-note samba, la la la la bamba Lighting me up inside [Chorus] They had the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum The light of a tropical moon on a night to remember Someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar And every note was the antidote to December [Verse 2] My first impression, some kind of procession Pulling on a long line of fancy dancers A band stuck up on a flatbed truck They were raising a ruckus swinging for the fences Exiled Mexican textile working Punching two clocks, sending two paychecks home boys Hard working law ‘biding bus riding people Celebration on wheels destination unknown [Chorus] They had the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum The light of a tropical moon on a night to remember Someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar And every note was the antidote to December [Verse 3] Rio Grande Oleana Via Del Norte Oh Canada There was a lifeline south in the song coming from her mouth It swallowed me up and I followed it on downtown In the light of dawn the message that life goes on For the frozen man an invitation to live again [Chorus] They had the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum The light of a tropical moon on a night to remember Someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar And every note was the antidote to December [Verse 4] They were shakin’ it loose with the juice from the mambo man Long lanky Yankee boy, Buckwheat and Spanky my my Santiago de Cuba Belo Horizonte Cartagena Guaguancó Canada Guaguancó Canada
