The Tragically Hip

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"The Lonely End Of The Rink"

"The Lonely End Of The Rink"



I looked up and you were there
Just sitting there all alone
Holding your fist in the air
Like if you need me you're on your own

You drove me home through a snowy tomb
And I fell asleep in my seat
I had the dream of having no room
You were there just staring at me

At the lonely end of the rink, you and me
At the lonely end of the rink, you and me

Oh to join the rush
As the season builds

I hear your voice cross a frozen lake
A voice from the end of a leaf
Saying, "You won't die of a thousand fakes
Or be beaten by the sweetest of dekes"

At the lonely end of the rink, you and me
At the lonely end of the rink, you and me
At the lonely end of the rink, you and me
At the lonely end of the rink, the lonely end of the rink

Oh to join the rush
As the season builds
Jump into the rush
As the season builds

You drove me home through a snowy gloom
And I fell asleep in my seat
Then I had the dream of having no room
You were there just staring at me

At the lonely end of the rink, you and me
At the lonely end of the rink, you and me
At the lonely end of the rink, you and me
At the lonely end of the rink, the lonely end of the rink

 

[fox69]

"The Lookahead"

"The Lookahead"



I go back to the water
When I get nowhere in the air
I thought you should know, it's no worse
Covering ground you've heard before

It's a power of, power of, power of
Power of free and easy
It's a power of, power of, power of
Power of free and easy

You weigh a snowflake
Cause great trees to fall
Descending
On perfect arms
Like Jeff Beck
To give me the lookahead

I go back to the brusque nurse
Her heart a bad cake in a melting box
I thought you should know, it's no worse
Her blood is still clear and sanguineous

It's a power of, power of, power of
Power of free and easy
It's a power of, power of, power of
Power of free and easy

You weigh a snowflake
The glamour of the sky
Descending
Past perfect eyes
And hearts leapt
To give me the lookahead
Come on, honey
Just give me that lookahead

 

[fox69]

"The Luxury"

"The Luxury"



Zoo Lion sobers up and starts to scream and shout
A little dose of home fire got him all smoothed out
Melancholy wine soaked tenderness
She hated it here, oh she couldn't care less

Prison yard stares and fleur-de-lis tattoos
Cannibals are saving all their bones for soup
Eating with my fingers and sucking hulls of ships
My parasite don't deserve no better than this

The Golden Rim Motor Inn
Soft water and colour TV
Oh so consumed with the shape I'm in
I can't enjoy the luxury
The luxury

She says, "Why are you partial to that Playboy con?
When you can see me naked any time you want?"
If I had loads of money to make me tame and sour
I could pay you to remind of my baby by the hour

Zoo Lion sobers up and starts to scream and shout
A little dose of home fire got him all smoothed out
If this is where it all starts getting good
Then I'll be here waiting for you like I said I would

The Golden Rim Motor Inn
Soft water and colour TV
Oh so consumed with the shape I'm in
I can't enjoy the luxury
The luxury
The luxury

 

[fox69]

"The Modern Spirit"

"The Modern Spirit"



In the dark before the train
Just beyond the barn glow
Where no dissident remains
Driving it like we stole it

Snow falling, a silver poet
To concentrate the gallows
And subtracting us like the wolf does
Driving it like we stole it

But we're getting nearer, nearer
Getting near that modern spirit, yeah
I can hear it, hear it, hear it
I can hear that modern spirit

On the open road for boys
A white and an open throat
Night slips back with no noise
Inside the hitch-hiker's coat

But we're getting nearer, nearer
Getting near that modern spirit, yeah
I can hear it, hear it, hear it
I can hear the modern spirit, yeah

Can't you just hear it, hear it, hear it?
Winter counting everything, we're near it
We're getting nearer nearer, nearer
Friendship changing everything, we're near it
I can hear it

Is this the modern spirit?
Is this the modern spirit, yeah
Is this the modern spirit
This is the modern spirit, yeah
This is the modern spirit
This is the modern spirit, yeah
This is the modern spirit
This is the modern spirit, yeah

Yeah? Yeah

 

[fox69]

"The Rules"

"The Rules"



Legs scream at bikes and bikes scream at trucks
And motorists curse their lousy luck
Crossing guard's not doing his job
And traffic's not about to stop for the first casualty of thought

It's the rules
It's the rules

Superfarmer's bent on the cover of time
The moralists scream he's all mine
So the bard isn't doing her job
The vacuum night, the darkest rites, the small quarantined thoughts

It's the rules
It's the rules

Salesman said this vacuum's guaranteed
It could suck an ancient virus from the sea
It could put the dog out of a job
Could make traffic stop so little thoughts can safely get across

It's the rules
It's the rules
Guaranteed or not
It's the rules

 

[fox69]

"The Wherewithal"

"The Wherewithal"



Richard talks too slow
He'd get interrupted long before
I always loved that guy
And he's not on TV any more

To get out before
He had the wherewithal
To get out before
He had the wherewithal

You've got to coax him slow
That's the only way that he'll confess
Tell him that the truth
Will help him live with less

To get out before
He had the wherewithal
To get out before
He had the wherewithal

And that's a breathy body of work
Set your sights inward for a leaner look
And that's a breathy body of work
Set your sights inward for a leaner look

Richard died real slow
He won't get interrupted any more
I always loved that guy
And he's not on TV any more

To get out before
He had the wherewithal
To get out before
He had the wherewithal

 

[fox69]

"Thompson Girl"

"Thompson Girl"



Thompson Girl, I'm stranded at the Unique Motel
Thompson Girl, winterfighter's shot on the car as well
Looks like Christmas at fifty five degrees
This latitude weakens my knees, Thompson Girl

Grunt work somewhere between dream and duty
Poking through with all them shoots of beauty

Thompson Girl walking form Churchill
Across the icy world with polar bears it's mostly uphill
But when she saw that nickel stack
She whistled hard and I whistled back, Thompson Girl

Grunt work time between dream state and duty
Poking through with all them shoots of beauty
Grunt work somewhere between dream and duty
Poking through with all them shoots of beauty

Thompson Girl, we're down to the deadhouse plants
Thompson Girl, we've jettisoned everything we can
She says springtime's coming, wait till you see it
Poking through with them shoots of beauty
It's the end of rent-a-movie weather
It's time we end this siege together, Thompson Girl
Thompson Girl
Thompson Girl
Thompson Girl

 

[fox69]

"Three Pistols"

"Three Pistols"



Well, Tom Thomson came paddling past
I'm pretty sure it was him
And he spoke so softly in accordance
To the growing of the dim
He said, "Bring on a brand new renaissance
'Cause I think I'm ready
Well, I've been shaking all night long
But my hands are steady"

And three pistols came (yeah, sweep them all away)
And three people went on their way
Three pistols strong
And three people spent

Well, he found his little, lonely love
His bride of the northern woods
But she took me to the Opera House
Like he said she would
Then she sighed and she fell from the balcony
Shakespeare's bent to touch
She never had any time for me
'Cause I didn't protest enough

And three pistols came (yeah, sweep them all away)
And three people went on their way
Two pistols strong
And two people spent

Well, little girls come on Remembrance Day
Placing flowers on his grave
She waits in the shadows till after dark
To sweep them all away
I say, bring on the brand new renaissance
'Cause I think I'm ready
Well, I've been shaking all night long
But my hands are steady

And three pistols came (yeah, sweep them all away)
And three people went on their way
Three pistols strong
And three people spent

And three pistols came (yeah, sweep them all away)
And three people went on their way
One pistol strong
And three people spent

 

[fox69]

"Throwing Off Glass"

"Throwing Off Glass"



"Why is the world so creepy?" she asked
Till a car full of haircuts drove past
A backseat full of the boys

I told her that it isn't
That it, that it's exquisite
But like love it has it's barbarous threats

Still in spite of the cads
And the stoop shouldered teens
I know I'm losing you
I know what that means

I told her that it isn't
That it's real exquisite
But like love it can have it's stubbed toe effects

And just like after she heard the word iridescent
And everything was iridescent for a while
It wasn't long before she exalted out of nowhere
"Isn't this exquisite?"

Once you've said "mmm" in unison
And "oh" in double surprise
And shared relief with a mutual "phew"
And a look in each others' eyes

I tell her that is isn't
Insisted that it isn't
Because like love it has too cunning effects

I told her that it isn't
That it's just exquisite
Because like love it has it's barbarous threats

"Why is the world so creepy?" she asked
After a car full of haircuts drove past
A backseat full of the boys
Breaking glass, throwing off glass

 

[fox69]

"Thugs"

"Thugs"



Everyone's got their breaking point
With me it's spiders, with you it's me
Thugs in perpetuity

When we're excited little birds around the feeder
The cat's indifferent or he's just furious, it seems that he's never neither

I do the rolling, you do the detail
I do the rolling, you do the detail

Hairbird plucks a hair from a sleeping dog to build her nest
She says I've looked around and I like your hair the best

I do the rolling, you do the detail
I do the rolling, you do the detail

Ruby, honey, are you mad at your man?
Ruby, honey, are you mad at your man?
Honey, are you mad at your man?

I do the rolling, you do the detail
I do the rolling, you do the detail
I do the rolling, you do the detail