08/11/2025
🎵 Maple Blood, Red White & Everyone – Dano West
[Intro – Spoken over harmonica & slow guitar]
"Fifty-three years… still proud to be here.
But if you’re spreadin’ hate?
That ain’t my Canada."
(steel guitar slides, slow harmonica bends, boots scuff the stage)
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[Verse 1]
Maple leaves fall on every skin tone
From the Rockies high to the Maritimes stone
I’ve shared my bread, passed the rye
With folks from every flag that flies
Straight, gay, brown, black, white
We’ve stood together in the same fight
Hate’s the crack where the cold winds blow
I ain’t lettin’ it take what I know
(kick drum thump like a heartbeat, crowd clap building slow)
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[Chorus]
Maple blood, red white & everyone
We shine the same under the same sun
If your heart beats true, you’re part of the land
If you’ve got hate, we won’t shake your hand
Same boat, same river runnin’ wide
In this Canada, we row side by side
(band hits hard, harmonica wail, cymbal crash into the last line)
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[Verse 2]
I’ve met angels and devils in every race
Kindness and poison wear the same face
Don’t call out a name like it’s a crime
Don’t judge a man by the old headline
It’s the loudest fools outside the fight
Pretendin’ they’re heroes in somebody’s right
If it ain’t your business, don’t speak the hate
We’re stronger when we close that gate
(guitar lick answers each line, snare hits crisp and sharp)
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[Chorus]
Maple blood, red white & everyone
We shine the same under the same sun
If your heart beats true, you’re part of the land
If you’ve got hate, we won’t shake your hand
Same boat, same river runnin’ wide
In this Canada, we row side by side
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[Bridge – Spoken, harmonica low]
"Look past the shade, past the name, past the sound.
The real measure of a person?
It’s in how they treat the people around ‘em."
(bass hums low, guitar picks slow, crowd silent)
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[Chorus – Full Band, crowd chant]
Maple blood, red white & everyone! (HEY!)
We shine the same under the same sun! (HEY!)
If your heart beats true, you’re part of the land! (HEY!)
If you’ve got hate, we won’t shake your hand! (HEY!)
(crowd claps in time, harmonica screams into final line)
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[Extended Outro – Spoken over rising jam]
"This is my home, my fight, my pride.
We row together, or we sink apart.
Maple blood runs through every one of us…
I’ve seen it in the kindness of strangers,
in the laughter around a fire,
in the helping hand when storms roll in.
And you can take that to the bank.
— Dano West is just gettin’ started."
(final guitar slide, harmonica wail fades into cheers)
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🎸 Maple Blood, Red White & Everyone – Dano West | Canadian Outlaw Country Rock Anthem
🔥 A grit-soaked outlaw country rock anthem from Dano West — stompin’ boots, wailin’ harmonica, and firebrand vocals delivering a unity message Canada needs to hear. If you love Canadian country rock, heartfelt lyrics, and songs that stand for something, this one’s for you.
🎶 STREAM IT. SHARE IT. STAND WITH IT.
🌎 Why I Wrote This Song:
For 53 years, Canada has been my home — from the Rockies to the Maritimes, from big cities to small towns — and what I love most is the diversity. My friends come from every walk of life: straight, gay, Black, white, Mexican, Filipino, Ukrainian, Russian, Muslim… we’ve laughed, argued, shared meals, and stood together.
This song is about pride in that unity — but it’s also a stand against the hate and racism I’ve seen creeping in. Good and bad exist in every race, every culture. Skin color, names, accents — none of that should divide us. We’re all in the same boat, rowing the same river. And if you’ve got hate in your heart, this isn’t your Canada.
🎸 Genre/Music Style:
Grit-soaked outlaw country rock with stompin’ boots, wailin’ harmonica, and firebrand male vocals — a unity anthem that bleeds pride and grit.
🎵 Full Lyrics:
[Intro – Spoken over harmonica & slow guitar]
"Fifty-three years… still proud to be here.
But if you’re spreadin’ hate?
That ain’t my Canada."
(steel guitar slides, slow harmonica bends, boots scuff the stage, crowd murmurs building into a cheer)
[Verse 1]
Maple leaves fall on every skin tone
From the Rockies high to the Maritimes stone
I’ve shared my bread, passed the rye
With folks from every flag that flies
Straight, gay, brown, black, white
We’ve stood together in the same fight
Hate’s the crack where the cold winds blow
I ain’t lettin’ it take what I know
(kick drum thump like a heartbeat, crowd clap building slow, faint harmonica hum under the lines)
[Chorus]
Maple blood, red white & everyone
We shine the same under the same sun
If your heart beats true, you’re part of the land
If you’ve got hate, we won’t shake your hand
Same boat, same river runnin’ wide
In this Canada, we row side by side
(band hits hard, harmonica wail, cymbal crash into the last line, voices in the crowd start to sing along)
[Verse 2]
I’ve met angels and devils in every race
Kindness and poison wear the same face
Don’t call out a name like it’s a crime
Don’t judge a man by the old headline
It’s the loudest fools outside the fight
Pretendin’ they’re heroes in somebody’s right
If it ain’t your business, don’t speak the hate
We’re stronger when we close that gate
(guitar lick answers each line, snare hits crisp and sharp, a foot-stomp drives every third beat)
[Chorus]
Maple blood, red white & everyone
We shine the same under the same sun
If your heart beats true, you’re part of the land
If you’ve got hate, we won’t shake your hand
Same boat, same river runnin’ wide
In this Canada, we row side by side
[Bridge – Spoken, harmonica low]
"Look past the shade, past the name, past the sound.
The real measure of a person?
It’s in how they treat the people around ‘em."
(bass hums low, guitar picks slow, crowd silent, a single harmonica note hangs in the air)
[Chorus – Full Band, crowd chant]
Maple blood, red white & everyone! (HEY!)
We shine the same under the same sun! (HEY!)
If your heart beats true, you’re part of the land! (HEY!)
If you’ve got hate, we won’t shake your hand! (HEY!)
(crowd claps in time, harmonica screams into final line, voices echo the hook back)
[Extended Outro – Spoken over rising jam]
"This is my home, my fight, my pride.
We row together, or we sink apart.
Maple blood runs through every one of us…
I’ve seen it in the kindness of strangers,
in the laughter around a fire,
in the helping hand when storms roll in,
and in the music that makes us all one.
And you can take that to the bank.
— Dano West is just gettin’ started."
(final guitar slide, harmonica wail fades into cheers, boots stomp the stage one last time)
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