The Tragically Hip

[fox69]

"Fully Completely"

"Fully Completely"



Bring me back in shackles
Hang me long out in the sun
Exonerate me
Forget about me

I recommend measures for ending it
Lover, she simply slammed the door
She said, "You're going to miss me
Wait and you'll see"
Fully and completely

I ponder the endlessness of the stars
Ignoring said same of my father
Either it'll move me
Or it'll move right through me
Fully and completely

Bring me back in shackles
And hang me long out in the sun
Exonerate me
Then forget about me
Wait and you'll see
Just wait and you'll see
Fully and completely
Fully and completely
Fully and completely

 

[fox69]

"Gift Shop"

"Gift Shop"



The beautiful lull
The dangerous tug
We get to feel small
From high up above
And after a glimpse
Over the top
The rest of the world
Becomes a gift shop

The pendulum swings
For the horse like a man
Out over the rim
Is ice cream to him
The beautiful lull
The dangerous tug
We get to feel small
But not out of place at all

We're forced to bed
But we're free to dream
All us humans extras
All us hearded beings
And after a glimpse
Over the top
The rest of the world
Becomes a gift shop

I don't know what to believe
Sometimes I even forget
And if it's a lie
Terrorists made me say it
The beautiful lull
The dangerous tug
We get to feel small
From high up above

From high up above
From high up above
From high up above
From high up above

 

[fox69]

"Goodnight Attawapiskat"

"Goodnight Attawapiskat"



Hello! Good evening, folks
We are the Silver Poets
Here in our thousand mile suits
We're here to get paid
We know nobody ever who got laid
Telling people what to do
We've come too far to feel like that
You've come too far to feel like that

Attawapiskat
City by the Bay!
There's no denying that
Oh, Attawapiskat
You're on your way

And though there's no sign
Of a songbird up here yet
No one to take advantage of
We know that life is short
Nobody can afford it
To sing a song that they don't love
I've come too far to feel like this
You've come too far to feel like that

Attawapiskat
City by the Bay!
A diamond dazzling
Oh, Attawapiskat
You're on your way

You're on your way
You're on your way
You're on the way

Oh, Attawapiskat
Oh, goodnight, Attawapiskat
Thank you! Goodnight!
Goodnight, Attawapiskat
Oh, goodnight Attawapiskat
Goodnight, Attawapiskat
Goodnight, Attawapiskat
Goodnight, Attawapiskat

 

[fox69]

"Goodnight Josephine"

"Goodnight Josephine"



I remember a girl on her cell phone, surrounded by her friends
Eyes flickering, she's trying to smother a smile in her hands
Is it someone for us, someone more worry free
Someone who can say, "Leave the worrying about him to me, Josephine"

I remember you there in the last rays of light at diplomacy's end
Eyes flickering, you're crying, "But isn't this when the crimes begin?"
When the people you want to don't
And the people who do, you don't believe do you, Josephine?

I remember you there at the table, surrounded by all the day's plans
Eyes flickering, you're trying to let a coffee cup warm your hands
Maybe we're born lost, born to persevere
But, honey, I'd walk into your painting until I reappeared

As a speck of comet tail dust
A blue green northern light
Flickering just
In your eyes' deepest ravines

Goodnight, goodnight, Josephine
Goodnight, goodnight, Josephine
Goodnight, goodnight, Josephine
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight, Josephine
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine

 

[fox69]

"Grace, Too"

"Grace, Too"



He said, "I'm fabulously rich, come on just let's go"
She kind of bit her lip, "Jeez, I don't know"
But I can guarantee, there'll be no knock on the door
I'm total pro, that's what I'm here for

I come from downtown, born ready for you
Armed with will and determination, and grace, too

The secret rules of engagement are hard to endorse
When the appearance of conflict meets the appearance of force
But I can guarantee, there'll be no knock on the door
I'm total pro here, that's what I'm here for

I come from downtown, born ready for you
Armed with skill and it's frustration, and grace, too

 

[fox69]

"Greasy Jungle"

"Greasy Jungle"



Greasy jungle, metropolis noir
Easy tangles the easiest so far

I drove down your road
To Hazeldean where I tasted
Your funeral home's
Sandwiches and coffee
I saw your hands melt
Into one another
I saw you grieve and grow
Care a lot about one another

I stood at your sink
And I felt your warm water
I washed your dishes
And I looked out your kitchen window
Where I saw a soulful
Gymnast melt in the air and shudder
Just above the snow
Making moves that just weren't there

Velvet callow
With wet hands I turned out the lights
And breathing shallow
Hesitated then went upstairs
Where I picked up your housecoat
Dried my hands and touched your hair
And just then you awoke
You could never really barely care

Greasy jungle, metropolis noir

 

[fox69]

"Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park"

"Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park"



What's troubling, Gus, you sound demented
Is it because someone talked and she told me
He no longer thinks anything that moves and
Everything he sees is something to kill and eat

What's troubling, Gus, is it nothing goes quiet?
The whip-poor-will at dusk

What's troubling, Gus, overhearing conversations
That it's because you're too either them or me
When it's either them or it's us, anything that moves and
Everything you see is something to kill and eat

What's troubling, Gus, is it nothing goes quiet?
Is that what's troubling you, Gus, the mere mention of the name
Used to be enough to make every bird stop singing
Is that what's troubling you, Gus, no one is afraid

What's troubling, Gus, is it nothing goes quiet?
Is that what's troubling you, Gus, the mere mention of the name
Used to be enough to make every bird stop singing
The whip-poor-will at dusk tells you no one is afraid

No one is afraid enough
Is it afraid
Or is it afraid enough?
It's troubling, Gus

 

[fox69]

"Heaven Is A Better Place Today"

"Heaven Is A Better Place Today"



Here's a glue guy, a performance god
A makeshift shrine, or newly lain sod
Hardly even trying, gives the nod

I sure hope I'm not the type to dwell
Hope I'm a fast healer, fast as hell
Heaven is a better place today
Because of this, but the world is just not the same

If and when you get into the end zone
Act like you've been there a thousand times before
Don't blame, don't say people lose people all the time any more

A toonie to the busker
And a husky, "keep it coming" under my breath
But then said, "Though if you wouldn't mind
Less crying and more trying"
More trying and less crying

I'm not the type to dwell
I'm a fast healer, fast as hell
Heaven is a better place today
Because of this, but the world is just not the same

Oh if and
If and when you get into the end zone
Act like you've been there a thousand times before
Don't blame, but don't say people lose people all the time any more
Don't say people lose people all the time any more

If and when you get into that end zone
Act like you've been there a thousand times before
Don't change, but don't say people lose people all the time any more

It's just not the same
Because of this
It's not the same

 

[fox69]

"Highway Girl"

"Highway Girl"



Well, I'm going down to see my highway girl
Yeah, she just came back from around the world
I'm going to get me a gun, I'm going to stand on guard
In a little white booth in her front yard

Throwing rocks at her window, what could she do?
If you throw enough rocks one might break through
Well, she looked out her window when the police came
Yeah, to see a big tin man dancing in the rain

Oh my little highway girl
Oh my little highway girl

Don't you think, babe, you push a bit too fast?
I said slowing down don't make it last
Yeah, she said a memory will never set you free
Go out and see that world and bring it home to me

Oh my little highway girl
All I have, all I want
Oh my little highway girl
Baby, baby, come on home, come on home
My little highway girl
Oh my little highway girl

 

[fox69]

"Honey, Please"

"Honey, Please"



I don't wanna look for words
I don't wanna work that hard
I want your song in my head
The way you sing it from the heart yeah

Whenever I get lost
Whenever I feel weak
Whenever or just because
You whisper it to me

Honey, maybe everything you need
Is on the other side of this feeling
Honey, please

But when I 'look for words'
For more going concerns
For the 'adventure of ideas'
'Adventure never returns' yeah

Whenever I get stuck
Whenever I can't speak
Whenever just because
You do it in your sleep

Honey, maybe everything you need
Is on the other side of this feeling
Honey, please

When all 'the poetry of the earth'
Might be all there is
It might still have some worth
Yeah, but I can't dance to it

Honey everything we need
Is on the other side of this feeling
This feeling

Honey, right here underneath our feet
Under all the stars of the County
Everything we need
Honey, please

Under all the stars of the County with you tonight
Under all the stars of the County with you by my side
Under all the stars of the County shining bright
Under all the stars of the County with you tonight