Blue Rodeo

[fox69]

"Florida"

"Florida"




And I remember Florida
The land of endless malls
Images of Elvis flicks
Convertibles and blondes
And I remember crying
As you walked away along the shore
The last words I heard you say were what a bore

And I remember drinking
In those air-conditioned bars
Putting all my quarters in a juke-box
With big silver stars
And I remember Nat King Cole
Singing a song about the rain
Oh I'm feeling blue again
Oh yea I'm feeling blue again

And it was just like a vacation
And I'm sure we had us some fun
It was just like a vacation
And I swear we even sat out in the sun

You see my mother owned a trailer home
On west Broward past A1A
And to beat the north wind
We took a spin
To that tin can by the sea
Well I thought she was mine
But she was just passing time
She even passed out of town in my car
And left me with Nat King Cole
And the silver stars
Oh Nat King Cole and the silver stars

And it was just like a vacation
And I'm sure we had us some fun
It was just like a vacation
And I swear we even sat out
Yea I swear we even sat out
Yea I swear we even sat out in the sun
In the sun
In the sun
In the sun

 

[fox69]

"Flying"

"Flying"



I'm not saying I'm angry now
I'm just wondering why
you changed your mind
happens all the time
How does it feel to have a winning hand
from a first-rate failure to the
leader in the chosen land
people never understand
If the world keeps spinning round
it'll be alright
you said if you were on your own
you could really fly
Fly while you're up there turn around
and touch the sky
I guess the point of getting out
is never saying goodbye
You learn your lessons in the
hardest time
run out of patience
lean on the bold face lie
people never wonder why
I feel too tired to scream and shout
left in the sun
'til the colours all fade out
If the world keeps spinning round
it'll be alright
you left us long ago
so you could really fly

 

[fox69]

"Fools Like You"

"Fools Like You"



So good at doing
What you don't do
Just trying to protect yourself
And other fools like you
So well practised
In your deceit
Behind the high walls of stupidity
Your endless conceit
Behind the locked door
The sleeping dog you beat
I hope I see the day
She satisfies her teeth

Give back to the native
Their treaty land
What you preach you preach for others
Why don't you practice that firsthand

I just don't understand
This world of mine
I must be out of touch
Or out of my mind
And will the profits of destruction
Forever make your eyes blind
Do you bow to the corporations
'Cause they pay their bills on time

God bless Elijah
With the feather in his hand
Stop stealing the Indian land
Stop stealing the Indian land
Stop stealing the Indian land

 

[fox69]

"Frogs' Lullaby"

"Frogs' Lullaby"



I sing this song
For the frogs
In my head
Cause they're always there
Singing
Singing

 

[fox69]

"Fuse"

"Fuse"



Single file in the work line
You need a card to die in my mine
Life ain't so bad working underground
Better than dodging bullets and army rounds
Shut your mouth
Don't complain
If you want to see your family again
Cause I can't explain
All these accidents in your work camps

All we're doing
Is pissing on a fuse that's burning
All we're doing
Is pissing on a fuse that's burning
That's burning

Politics goes in and out of fashion
Like mood rings and new religions
Tight lipped on the news wire
While the noose around your neck gets pulled tighter and tighter

All we're doing
Is pissing on a fuse that's burning
All we're doing
Is pissing on a fuse that's burning
That's burning
That's burning

 

[fox69]

"Get Through To You"

"Get Through To You"



Looks like winter's never gonna leave this grey town
I think it's going to snow all summer
I think I'll wait until it gets a little warmer
before I try to knock that chip off your shoulder
I think I'll wait until it's warmer
I just want to get through
just want to get through to you
just want to get through
just want to get through to you
I wish that I could get through
don't want to stir up those feelings
I wish you could read my mind 'cause then you'd see
that I'd never take you for granted
even though sometimes it feels like we're on different planets
yeah I want to get through
just want to get through to you
yeah I just want to get through
just want to get through to you
get through to
get through to you

 

[fox69]

"Girl In Green"

"Girl In Green"



It doesn't matter what you say
no it don't matter how many times you turn away
and I don't care what all your so-called friends say
you'll never ever change the way that I feel
we will be anything
we could be everything you want
we could be anything
we will be everything you want
what do I have to do to make you see the obvious
'cause if I deceive you I just deceive myself
yeah I have faith but I feel so misunderstood
are you what I think you are or just what I think I want
we will be everything
we will be everything you want
we will be everything
we will be anything you want
am I your lover or a substitute
you say time will reveal all the truth
so I stopped loving you and I started wanting you
you slip away into your pleasant solitude
we will be everything
we could be everything you want
we will be everything
we will be everything you want
it's all for the girl in green

 

[fox69]

"Girl Of Mine"

"Girl Of Mine"



Girl of mine
Where did we go wrong
Oh you never once said you loved me
And you never once called my name
And now I
I can see the way

My memories like cigarettes
Blow smoke upon the screen
I stare up to the empty face
That hangs inside my dreams
In the words of love I hesitate
They all come rushing in to me
Too late too late

Days and nights
Wondering what could it be
Did you need somebody stronger
Someone to see you through
Oh girl I never knew

Now your lipstick and your powder
They're all put away in drawers
But the traces of our love affair
Still hide behind the doors
I lie awake afraid to sleep
Cause I see the face I knew I'd never keep
I'd never keep

Too much to bear
Too much I fall down drunk
Too much I care

Tell me now
Do the words of love still seem the
Same to you
Now we learned the angry lessons
And we still came back for more
Forget somehow what came before

My senses have been shocked
And I'm alive to every pain
Your quiet laughter comes to me
It echoes in the rain
In the darkness of my lonely room
I pray that you won't fade
Away too soon
Too soon

It's too much to bear
It's too much I fall down drunk
Too much I care
Oh...

 

[fox69]

"Glad To Be Alive"

"Glad To Be Alive"



It was high, high on a hill
Where she'd go at night
And stand in the snow-covered field
Looking across the lake
To lights in town
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive

A still winter's night
With Christmas stars
Shining so bright
And the wind knew her song
So he cried and sang along
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive

A still winter's night
With Christmas stars
Shining so bright
And the wind knew her song
So he cried and sang along
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive

Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
Glad to be alive

So glad
To be
Alive

 

[fox69]

"God And Country"

"God And Country"


Forever lost in comparisons
Between you and the better man
Yea you're always so quick
To take a bow
I've got to laugh at your circus sympathy
And your postcard sincerity
Don't you ever get tired
Of being yourself

It's getting so hard to find you
As you fade into your world of reprisal
As you slip into the comfort
Of your denial
Your patriotic smile
Your go down in style

And you say that you're not to blame
Yea you're proud of what you did
And you'd do it again
All in the name of God and country
But that's too bad about the little snag
Cause getting caught is such a drag
Even in the name of God and country

Still you're all the same to me
You're just trying to make points on national t.v.
Yea you try to make points for God
God and country
You call this justice
I call this self-service

[Solo]

And I hope that I never find
What you call good conscience
Or peace of mind
As another man dies for God and country
Cause I'm sure while you're sitting there talking
Well the bombs are falling
All in the name
All in the name
All in the name of God and country