You Sang To Me    You Sang To Me by Iris Gray

 Author's webpage: http://victoria.tc.ca/~wy236/fic.html

  

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 Ray Kowalski shivered a bit. Damn, it was cold out here. Not that Fraser
would notice, being from the frozen north and all. He took notice of the
guitar that his partner was strumming softly. 

 "Hey, Fraser, why don't ya sing something for me?" he suggested. 

 "Sing?" the Mountie asked, as if Ray had just suggested he fly to the
moon. 

 "Yeah, I know you can sing, I heard ya on the boat - ship, the Henry
Anderson." 

 "Allen," Ben corrected. 

 "Allen, Anderson, whatever. So why don't ya sing something?" 

 "Do you have any requests?" Fraser asked with a smile. 

 Ray shrugged. "Something Canadian," he answered. 

 "All right." Ben thought for a moment then began to play. 

 " 

 C.A.N.A.D.A, tell me what's a Douglas fir? C.A.N.A.D.A, bet-cha never
heard a Bob Cat purr C.A.N.A.D.A, have you ever seen a lobster crawl? In
Canada, we get to see them all. 

 We get to see the maple trees, maple sugar and the maple leaf We've got
the biggest wheat fields grown' tall. C.A.N.A.D.A, where we see the
reversing falls In Canada, we get to see them all. 

 C.A.N.A.D.A, tell me what's a tidal bore? C.A.N.A.D.A, have you ever
heard the ocean roar? C.A.N.A.D.A, just listen to that wild goose call In
Canada, we get to see them all. 

 We get to see the maple trees, maple sugar and the maple leaf We've got
the biggest timber growin' tall C.A.N.A.D.A, where adventure ever calls In
Canada, we get to see them all. 

 C.A.N.A.D.A, have you ever heard of Maple Creek? C.A.N.A.D.A, bet-cha
never seen a mountain peek C.A.N.A.D.A, in the land of the big snow ball
In Canada, we get to see them all. 

 We get to see the maple trees, maple sugar and the maple leaf We've got
the biggest wheat fields grown tall C.A.N.A.D.A, where we see the
reversing falls In Canada, we get to see them all. 

 C.A.N.A.D.A, have you ever seen a magnetic hill? C.A.N.A.D.A, or a lady
on a dollar bill? C.A.N.A.D.A, bet-cha never seen the Autumn fall In
Canada, we get to see them all. 

 We get to see the maple trees, maple sugar and the maple leaf We've got
the biggest timber growin' tall C.A.N.A.D.A, where adventure ever calls In
Canada, we get to see them all.
 I say in Canada, we get to see them all. " 

 Ray laughed. "That was cool, Fraser! Where'd you learn that?" 

 Ben looked slightly embarrassed. "It's a song by a very popular Canadian
country music singer, known as 'Stompin' Tom Connors'. " 

 "I like it," said Ray. "So sing somethin' else." 

 "Another Canadian song?" asked Ben. 

 "Of course," Ray stated emphatically. "Like ya would know anything else,
anyway." 

 Fraser started strumming the guitar again. This time the song was more
wistful. 

 " I'm long gone to the Yukon 

 those Northern Lights I want to see
 I'm long, long gone to the Yukon, boys, 'cause the Yukon is callin' for
me.
 Yeah, the Yukon is callin' for me. 

 Well, brother, I just got your note this morning, and you tell me that
you've found a little gold, and before another day is dawnin'
 old Sam McGee and Dangerous Dan McGrew. 

 I'm long gone to the Yukon
 those Northern Lights I want to see
 I'm long, long gone to the Yukon, boys, 'cause the Yukon is callin' for
me.
 Yeah, the Yukon is callin' for me. 

 Where the wind along the river will be music and the midnight sun is
always riding low I'll paddle my canoe along the Klondike and I'll pan the
gold and be sourdough. 

 And when I pull into Dawson City, Yukon, I'll be headin' for the Diamond
Lil Saloon I'll gamble to a honky-tonk piano
 and I'll chase the dancing girls around the room. 

 I'm long gone to the Yukon
 those Northern Lights I want to see
 I'm long, long gone to the Yukon, boys, 'cause the Yukon is callin' for
me.
 Yeah, the Yukon is callin' for me. 

 Well, they say that once you've heard those mystic voices from the
silence of the North you can't return now, I hear that lonesome timber
wolf a-callin' by the fire where I watch the bannock burn. 

 Now it won't be long before I'm pickin' nuggets my brother says they're
lying everywhere and my boss is gonna want to be my butler 'cause when I
come back, I'll be a millionaire. 

 I'm long gone to the Yukon
 those Northern Lights I want to see
 I'm long, long gone to the Yukon, boys, 'cause the Yukon is callin' for
me.
 Yeah, the Yukon is callin' for me. " 

 Ray swallowed the lump that had suddenly appeared in his throat. He knew
Fraser missed his home. He wondered if his partner would really go back
there. And he knew, with a certainty, that he really, really didn't want
Fraser to leave. 

 Meanwhile, Ben was playing another song without Ray's having asked. 

 " Beyond the wild misty mountain 

 Within the valley so free
 There dwells a man with a heart so mellow Soft as the wind and wild as
the sea When will you love me
 As I love thee 

 I have no gold to give him
 Nor poems of love nor rhymes to bring him Into my heart so strong so true
 When will you love me
 As I love you 

 Beyond the wild misty mountain
 Within the valley so free
 There dwells a man with a heart so mellow Soft as the wind and wild as
the sea When will you love me
 As I love thee? " 

 When he had finished the song, Ben put the guitar down and just sat
there, like he was waiting for something. 

 Ray cleared his throat. He wasn't sure what he wanted to say. Was that
really the way Fraser felt about him? Why hadn't he ever seen it before?
But now, since hearing him sing, Ray had seen it, really seen it, and
heard it, for the first time. 

 "Uh, Fraser? Are you, uh, are you trying to tell me something?" 

 "No, Ray, I'm not," Ben answered. Ray sank back, defeated. //Guess I was
wrong// he thought. 

 "I was trying to ask you something," Fraser continued. 

 Ray gulped. Maybe he hadn't been wrong. "Ask me what?" 

 "When will you love me, Ray? Will you - could you - ever love me?" 

 Ray jumped up from the log he'd been sitting on and landed on his knees
in front of his friend. "I already love you, Ben," he said. "I just didn't
know that you felt the same, at least, not till you sang that song." He
reached a hand behind Fraser's neck and pulled the other man's head down,
then kissed him. 

 The two men continued to kiss for awhile, then Fraser reached for his
guitar again. 

 "May I sing another song for you, Ray?" he asked. 

 "Another? Man, how many songs do you know?" Ray laughed. "Sure, go
ahead." 

 So Ben began to sing again. 

 " At times I just don't know 

 How you could be anything but beautiful I think that I was made for you
 And you were made for me 

 And I know that I will never change
 Cause we've been friends through rain or shine For such a long, long time


 Laughing eyes and smiling face
 It's seems so lucky just to have the right Of telling you with all my
might
 You're beautiful tonight 

 And I know that you will never stray Cause you've been that way from day
to day For such a long, long time 

 And when you hold me tight
 How could life be anything but beautiful I think that I was made for you
 And you were made for me 

 And I know that I will never change
 Cause we've been friends through rain or shine For such a long, long time


 And I must say that it means so much to me Just to be the one who's
telling you I'm telling you
 That you're beautiful " 

 Ray brushed a tear from his eye. "Do you really think I'm beautiful?" he
asked. 

 Ben put a hand under his love's chin. "I know that you are. And I love
you, my beautiful Ray." 

 Ray got up and held out his hand. "I love you too. Let's go in the tent.
We'll snuggle up in the sleeping bags and I'll show you just how much." 

 The two men went inside the tent and zipped it shut behind them. Outside,
the music continued in the sounds of the night. 

 END 

 I just wanted you to comfort me
 When I called you late last night you see I was falling into love
 Yes I was crashing into love
 Oh, of all the words you sang to me
 About life, the truth, and being free Yeah you sang to me
 Oh how you sang to me 

 Girl I live for how you make me feel So I question all this being real
 Cause I'm not afraid to love
 For the first time I'm not afraid to love Oh, this day seems made for you
and me And you showed me what life needs to be Yeah you sang to me
 Oh you sang to me 

 All the while
 You were in front of me
 I never realized
 I just can't believe
 I didn't see it
 In your eyes
 I didn't see it
 I can't believe it
 Oh but I feel it
 When you sing to me 

 How I long
 To hear you sing
 Beneath the clear blue skies
 And I promise you
 This time I'll see it
 In your eyes
 I didn't see it
 I can't believe it
 Oh but I feel it
 When you sing to me 

 Just to think you live inside of me
 I had no idea how this could be
 Now I'm crazy for your love
 Can't believe I'm crazy for your love The words you sang just sang to me
 And you showed me where I wanna be
 You sang to me
 Oh you sang to me 

 All the while
 You were in front of me
 I never realized
 I just can't believe
 I didn't see it
 In your eyes
 I didn't see it
 I can't believe it
 Oh but I feel it
 When you sing to me 

 How I long
 To hear you sing
 Beneath the clear blue skies
 And I promise you
 This time I'll see it
 In your eyes
 I didn't see it
 I can't believe it
 Oh but I feel it
 When you sing to me 

 Song List: 

 "C.A.N.A.D.A" by Stompin' Tom Connors
 "Long Gone To The Yukon" by Stompin' Tom Connors "A Minor Ballad (when
will you love me)" by Gordon Lightfoot "Beautiful" by Gordon Lightfoot
 "You Sang" to Me by Marc Anthony 

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