BROTHERS (Reuben sings lead):

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 boulevard together No hint of this tragic decline 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 splendour of Canaan's cuisine Those 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 da