of all the forty-nine us states that do not have settlements named new canaan, why did you pick pennsylvania?
it just came to me spontaneously. there was never a state-selection for that line. i was on my way to new canaan connecticut, writing a song, and when i wrote the first line and sang it in my head, it came out as 'new canaan pennsylvania.' that's just how it came out. and then i had to move forward with the song accordingly