The Tragically Hip

[fox69]

"Hush"

"Hush"



Hush, hush, people hush
I'm missing too much
Want to see how he talked, how he skated
Rush, rush, after rush
I'm missing too much
Want to see how walked, how he played it

As it turns out you've got to mean it
It's the only thing that works, to mean it
Hush, hush, rush, and rush
That's how he talked and how he played it

Hush, hush, haunted hush
Blah, blah and such and such
Cool fades fools are forever
On my back, on my knees
From the trap, to the trees
No matter how bad or unclever

'Cause as it turns out you've got to mean it
It's the only thing that works, you mean it
Hush, hush, rush and rush
This is how he talked and how he skated

 

[fox69]

"I'll Believe In You (Or I'll Be Leaving You Tonight)"

"I'll Believe In You (Or I'll Be Leaving You Tonight)"



Well, it's seven a.m. and she awoke by the radio
Yeah, she rolled on over, said, "Where did my man go?"
She's been a gunslinger's wife all her life, now she fights when she's able
For the sake of the kids when the knife's at their necks in the cradle
She screams

I'll believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight

Well, she's got all the kids and she's got all their uses
But she loves them the same for neglect and abuses
Well, she got a warm spot where they fought and they made up last evening
He said, "Don't read too much into the fact that I'm leaving"
She screams

I'll believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight

How do I explain this
I mean how do I put it into words
It's one thing or another
But it's neither this nor that
Actually it's a collection of things
She said, "That's it, that's it, get out"

Well, her mother said, "Kill him slow at your leisure"
Ah but desperate times call for desperate measures
So she went to the closet and she pulled the old gun down
"I'll put a bullet through his heart if he ain't home by sundown"
Yeah, five fifty five he comes walking in the front door smiling
He said, "Don't read too much into what I ain't denying"
She screams

I'll believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight

Well, I believe in you
Well, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe in you

 

[fox69]

"I'm A Werewolf Baby"

"I'm A Werewolf Baby"



The moon goes up, I start to sweat
Call the doctor, call the vet
Well, my brain goes numb and my blood gets hot
All I need is what you got

Well, I'm a werewolf, baby, and here I come
I'm a werewolf, baby, what you say?
I'm a werewolf, baby, and here I come
I'm a werewolf, baby

I lose control, I just can't stop
You look so good, like a big pork chop
Ripped my pants, ripped my shirt
I'm going to eat your mother for desert

Well, I'm a werewolf, baby, and here I come
I'm a werewolf, baby, not you too
I'm a werewolf, baby, and here I come
I'm a werewolf, baby

Well, I can smell your blood, I can hear you breathe
I'm going to eat your heart right off your sleeve
Eat you cooked, eat you raw
I'm going to rip you up like a big chainsaw

I'm a werewolf, baby, and here I come
I'm a werewolf, baby, what you say
I'm a werewolf, baby, and here I come
I'm a werewolf, baby

 

[fox69]

"If New Orleans Is Beat"

"If New Orleans Is Beat"



Your smile is fading a bit
So I ration it
Don't think about it
Here where the Mississippi quits
Where it's still got a bit
Of Minnesota in it

No one will give you a thing these days
They'd rather kill it or throw it away
You don't "do" dark American streets so
If New Orleans is beat
If New Orleans is beat
If New Orleans is beat
If New Orleans is beat
If New Orleans is beat
Where's that leave you and me?

The river takes and takes, takes and takes
It doesn't change and only changes
See it there in a picture with me
There's a caption beneath
"New Orleans is beat"
And if New Orleans is beat
If New Orleans is beat
If New Orleans is beat
If New Orleans is beat
Where's that leave you and me?
Where's that leave you and me?
Where's that leave you and me?

Your smile is fading a bit
So I ration it
Try not to think about it

 

[fox69]

"Impossibilium"

"Impossibilium"



I love you even when
I don't even know I'm doing it
Dismiss it out of hand
'Cause I don't even know I'm doing it
But your finger starts to wiggle
And landscapes emerge

Can you spare some change, dear
We've only got three hundred feet to go

Roses are worth more dried than alive
Such a you thing to say
How I adore you when you reinvent
The rosy cliché

Can you spare some change, dear
We've only got three hundred feet to go

And with impossibilium for a payload
We lift the rocket
Out of the pocket
Nothing can stop it

Roses are difficult everywhere
You must promise me you'll stay
These long stems are freakish if anything
But we can cut them down for the vase

Can you spare some change, dear
We've only got three hundred feet to go

And with impossibilium for a payload
We lift the rocket
Out of the pocket
Nothing can stop it
We can only watch it

 

[fox69]

"In View"

"In View"



I love you
You know I do
Yeah, it's perfect
Well, it isn't and it is

And I've been meaning to call you
I've been meaning to call you
Then I do

I've been meaning to call you
I've been meaning to call you
Then I do

Phone rings once
Phone rings twice
Phone rings three times

I, I am of you
And you are in everything I do
I do

I trust you
That makes you true
I don't care if
It isn't the way it is

I've been meaning to call you
I've been meaning to call you
Then I do

Phone rings once
Phone rings twice
Phone rings three times

I, I am of you
And you are always in view
Yeah, I, I am my will
And you are in everything I do
I do, I do, I do

In the Day Eraser's dark of night
In the Excited States, gone in plain sight
Under the wave or by cavelight
I lose, things change, but never in your eyes

I, I am of you
And you are always in view
And I, I am my will
And you are in everything I do

 

[fox69]

"Inevitability Of Death"

"Inevitability Of Death"



Puffy lips, glistening skin
And everything comes rushing in
We don't go to hell the memories of us do
I get a sense of connectedness
Exclusive, tight but nothing dangerous
We don't go to hell the memories of us do
And if you go to hell I'll still remember you

But I thought you beat the death of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability of death to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability of death to death just a little bit

Terry's gift is forever green
It got me up and back on the scene
We don't go to hell just our memories do
Fantastic gap, common space
Open concept in your smiling face
We don't go to hell the memories of us do
And if you go to hell I'll still remember you

But I thought you beat the death of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability of death to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability of death to death just a little bit

 

[fox69]

"It Can't Be Nashville Every Night"

"It Can't Be Nashville Every Night"



He said, "fuck this" and, "fuck that"
And this guy's the diplomat
Stares into the blur of the tuner lights
It can't be Nashville every night

He said, "We are what we lack"
And this guy's the autodidact
Stares into the glare of the TV lights
It can't be Nashville every night

With its la la oh oh ohs
Whoa-ohs and yeahs
La la oh oh ohs
Whoa-ohs and yeahs

He sang, "I'll die before I quit"
And this guy's the limit
Stares into the queer of the firefight
It can't be Nashville every night

With its la la oh oh ohs
Whoa-ohs and yeahs
La la oh oh ohs
Whoa-ohs and yeahs

La la oh oh ohs
Whoa-ohs and yeahs
La la oh oh ohs
Whoa-ohs and yeahs

 

[fox69]

"It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken"

"It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken"



When the colour of the night
And all the smoke for one life
Gives way to shaky movements
Improvisational skills
A forest of whispering speakers
Let's swear that we will
Get with the times
In a current health to stay
Let's get friendship right
Get life day-to-day
In the forget-yer-skates dream
Full of countervailing woes
Its diverse-as-ever seen
Proceeding on a need-to-know
In a face so full of meaning
As to almost make it glow
For a good life we just might have to weaken
And find somewhere to go
Go somewhere we're needed
Find somewhere to grow
Grow somewhere we're needed

When the colour of the night
And all the smoke in one life
Gives way to shaky movements
Improvisational skills
In the forest of whispering speakers
Let's swear that we will
Get with the times
In a current health to stay
Let's get friendship right
Get life day-to-day
In the forget-yer-skates dream
Full of countervailing woes
In diverse-as-ever scenes
Proceeding on a need-to-know
In a face so full of meaning
As to almost make it glow
For a good life we just might have to weaken
And find somewhere to go
Go somewhere we're needed
Find somewhere to grow
Grow somewhere we're needed
Find somewhere to go
Let's go somewhere we're needed
Find somewhere to grow
We grow where we are needed

'Cause in the forget-yer-skates dream
You can hang your head in woe
And this diverse-as-ever scene
Know which way to go

 

[fox69]

"Killing Time"

"Killing Time"



I need your confidence
Need to know you're mine
When it gets right down to the killing time
I know your heart is bad
But it's all I've ever had
We can live our lives on this righteous crime

I got kicked when I was down
And a sailor took my girl to town
Then she licked my wounds with the sea dog's salt
I drank a half a bottle of Jack
I swore I'd never take you back
By the bottle's end I was on that phone

What you call compromise I don't understand
What you call compromise I don't understand

How do you walk away?
How do you walk away?
Walk away from a woman that gone and done you wrong?
How do you walk away?
How do you walk away?
Walk away from a woman that gone and done you wrong?
She had done you wrong

I need your confidence
Need to know you're mine
When it gets right down to the killing time
I know your heart is bad
But it's all I've ever had
We can live our lives on this righteous crime

How do you walk away?
How do you walk away?
Walk away from a woman that gone and done you wrong?
Now, now just try and walk away
You just can't wa walk away
Walk away from a woman that gone and done you wrong
She had done you wrong

How do you walk away?
No, you just can't wa walk away
Walk away from a woman that gone and done you wrong
She had done you wrong

I need your confidence
Need to know you're mine
When it gets right down to the killing time