Tragically Hip

[gorilla_boy]

Are the greatest band ever.

An Inch an Hour

I want a book that'll make me drunk
full of freaks and disenfranchised punks.
No amount of hate no load of junk
no bag or words no costume trunk
could make me feel the same way
an inch an hour two feet a day
to move through night
in this most fashionable way.

There's this fuckin band you gotta see
they used to scare the living shit outta me.
No frothing dog no cool insanity
no "rock n' roll" no Christianity
makes me feel the same way
an inch an hour two feet a day
to move through night
with very little else to say
but i'm helpless less with the people
than the space

No struggletown no bemused Trudeau
no solitary walks through vacant lots
in moonglow

Tonight the winter may have missed its mark
you can see your breath in Springside Park
coffee-coloured ice and peeling birch bark the
sound of rushing water in the dark
makes me feel the same way
an inch an hour two feet a day
to move through life
with very little else to say
but I'm helpless more with the people than the space
I mean I'm helpless less with the people than the space

You see, I don't know Neil
I don't know Neil

 

[gorilla_boy]

Bobcaygeon

I left your house this morning about a quarter after nine
coulda been the Willie Nelson coulda been the wine
when I left your house this morning
it was a little after nine
it was in Bobcaygeon I saw the constellations
reveal themselves one star at a time

Drove back to town this morning with working on my mind
I thought of maybe quitting
thought of leaving it behind
went back to bed this morning
and as I'm pulling down the blind
the sky was dull and hypothetical
and falling one cloud at a time

That night in Toronto with its checkerboard floors
riding on horseback and keeping order restored
til the men they couldn't hang
stepped to the mic and sang
and their voices rang with that Aryan twang

I got to your house this morning just a little after nine
in the middle of that riot
couldn't get you off my mind
so I'm at your house this morning
just a little after nine
cause it was in Bobcaygeon where I saw the constellations
reveal themselves one star at a time

 

[supersizeme]

I have another Canadian friend who thinks Tragically Hip is the greatest band ever. They never got that big in America. I think I know one song by them. I will download this song and see what all the fuss is aboot.

 

[WODIN]

I like the Tragically Hip, they're a pretty guut bahnd eh?!

 

[gorilla_boy]

I have another Canadian friend who thinks Tragically Hip is the greatest band ever. They never got that big in America. I think I know one song by them. I will download this song and see what all the fuss is aboot.

It's kind of all over the board one song is much different than another.

They are super-talented. They sound just as good live as they do recorded and that's a really rare trait in bands these days.

Let me know what song you downloaded...

 

[gorilla_boy]

I like the Tragically Hip, they're a pretty guut bahnd eh?!

We'll make you an honourary hoser.

 

[Bullit]

This hoser hates the Hip.