Trudeaumania ...

Pearson left, he was tired,
Though he still was much admired...

Trudeaumania ...like a whirlwind he came flyin'.
Trudeaumania ...he was an intellectual giant.

He was hip.  He was smooth.
Just a bachelor on the move....

Trudeaumania ...people screaming, shouting, cryin'.
Trudeaumania ...dazzling voters without tryin'.

Bridge

He came from Quebec,
But his attitude was this...

All regions with an equal voice,
None better than the rest...

Trudeaumania ...

He got English.  He got French.
He got both sides officially entrenched...

Trudeaumania then came the FLQ Crisis
Showed terrorists no compromises.

In his time, inflation rose,
He brought in Wage and Price Controls...

Trudeaumania ...married Margaret, caused a scadal.
She was young and hard to handle.

Bridge

By 1979 though, his government lost it's fire
His party was defeated, he made plans to retire...

Joe Clark, from Alberta,
He now held the key...
Prime Minister, you see.

 

He had one major goal.
He believed with all his soul...

Trudeaumania ...to bring it home from Great Britain
Canada's own. It was only fittin'.

By the year '82,
He'd done all that he could do...

Trudeaumania  his accomplishment inspiring.
Time was right to be retiring.

John Turner then took over,
Canadians knew him well....

Trudeaumania, Trudeaumania