Lyric The Mountie Song

When I was a kid I wanted to grow up and be cop in a province town or county
I thought it would be great if someday I could only ever be a mountie
I wanted to beat up crooks and make arrests because that s part of the profession
But now I sit on my horse and tell American tourists the Parliament s in session
I really don t look good in red and my stupid hat flies off my head in every parade
I m young and strong and have no fear but now I m spending my career in motorcades

I wanna enforce the law, I wanna wear normal clothes
I don t wanna have to smile for diplomats home videos
I good at working real hard, I should have joined the coast guard
Oh no, the RCMP
Is not the life for me

I used to think that a mountie had to be honest, loyal, humble, strong and thrifty
But even though we don t break ranks, we get no thanks, they took us off the fifty (dollar bill)
On Sussex Drive in hallowed halls we act like guards in shopping malls, it s such a pain
Like someone s plotting the assassination of the Minister if Sports and Recreation, oh that s insane
Sometimes I just want to puke on Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, Dudley Do-Right s such a jerk (Damn you, Snidely)
And though he tries with all his heart, my horse couldn t catch a golfing cart, some days I hate to go to work

I wanna enforce the law, I wanna wear normal clothes
I don t wanna have to smile for diplomats home videos
I good at working real hard, I should have joined the coast guard
Oh no, the RCMP
Is not the life for me

I wanna enforce the law, I wanna wear normal clothes
I don t wanna have to smile for diplomats home videos
I good at working real hard, I should have joined the coast guard
Oh no, the RCMP
Is not the life for me

Oh, no, it s not the life for me
Oh, no, it s not the life for me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me, m-m-me