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Son, son
We've got to run away from inheritance
Son, son
I must allow you to learn of sustenance
None of you will ever see a penny
Of my ill-begotten wealth
Stick around
You will see a rich man cry
I wish, I wish for you a lifetime of labor
Hard days make peaceful nights
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Crown myself the prince of buzz
Can't wait until you, can't wait 'til you unsubscribe
I'll be a lonely scribe
But what if they like it?
And lock us in a cannery with your accordion
Until we can our love
We can get along
We can get along
Montreal might eat its young
But Montreal won't break us down
Now I've got a VCR
If we put our hearts in twenty thousand tiny jars
They'd never leave their homes
We can get along
We can get along
Montreal might eat its young
But Montreal won't break us down
I tried and tried and tried and tried
And tried and tried to keep the crowds away
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Your Light Is Spent
03:06
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Do not offer me a contract
Got no use for a house by the sea
All I ask for is a warm body
To keep this winter from killing me
Every time you close your eyes and lie still
You look just like a dead man
Dead man, dead man, I'll sing your story
Dead man come to live again
You scan the skies for signs of heaven
Heaven, what use is heaven for you?
Spend your time instead
Spend your time with us, us
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Furniture
02:02
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Try, try, try to arrange me
But there's no romance in my blood
Try, try, you'll never persuade me
My only tears fall with the rain
My father had a dozen wives
And a child by every one
I am from about #5
So don't expect me to stay with anyone
Try, try, try to arrange me
But there's no romance in my blood
Try, try, you'll never persuade me
My only tears fall with the rain
My mother never takes a break
From her pining after furniture
Every moment on her feet is torture
And I share her love of wine and cake
And taking advantage of amateurs
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We the dead, we the dead find a country road
Country road, lead the dead from our homes to the ground
Make a book of the maggots our bodies will snare
'Cause the earth is the earth, no need to travel in the air
The CN Tower is built upon our bones
The CN Tower will always be our home
Decorate 'round the base, all the graves of our lost loves
Cabbages, ginger root and a crucifix
Never rode on the plains, never thought I couldn't stay
Had a good run anyway, had a good run anyway
I could fill up the lake with all the things I didn't say
Had a good run anyway, had a good run anyway
From the top of the tower
Radio buzz in our ears
We can see your house from here
We can see your house from here
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Took you two years to win my heart
Then two words to break it
The love you ignited
you fire-fighted and roared
Bellowing into the rainy night
They say heartbreak is good for the skin
But all that it's helped is my drinking
Picking fights with myself and my friends
And my friends threatening to do me in
Took you two years to win my heart
Then two words to break it
More surprising than two years of lying is how
People let you get away with it
Saturday sleep-ins with no distractions
Summer sun and songbirds
Once kept afloat by the popular vote, now
Blotted out by your two words
Mighty Leon, wind the tape
And be sure of one thing
Every song from a heart this mangled
Will be draped in strings, strings, strings
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The Chronicles Of Sarnia
02:49
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I had to hide myself in a book
To keep your love away
The pages worn with all of my faults
The cover torn away
I gave my life to the Water God
For an apprenticeship
Answering his mail and his door
For nyads, hippogryphs
After Midwinter Banquet,
He shook his head, "Sadly, no.
"I can reverse the river's flow
"But I can never send you home."
I had to hide myself in a book
To keep your love away
When you read me, I get to look
Back at my younger days
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--->
00:39
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Doll, I love you, but sometimes I need a day off
Don't get that facelift as a result
Don't you mind you can take one too
Don't you mind, don't you mind
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Adventure.exe
02:01
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Hey yo yo yo yo yo
I need an empire to overthrow
You make me wish for a more dangerous life
So I can show you 'bout self sacrifice
Say yes yes yes yes yes
Say no no no to a natural death
I'd rather give my life to god as man
Than have to line up at the bank again
Oh you you you you you
If you only knew the lengths I'd go to
You pack away all your ballpoint pens
And take a plane back to the Philippines
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Library
03:13
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I will burn, burn, burn my every book
To warm your cold, cold blood
Goodbye fascist blind man
Goodbye drunken doctor
Goodbye Finnish beauty
Let the people stop and wonder
Anna, Gerald, J. Henry Waugh
Let this longing retire
I will purge my shelf of classics
Watch them fade upon the fire
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Fascinated with the underclass
She broke down and decided to act
For every new baby, investment, investment
For every whore, relief
No matter a drunkard, a swineherd, a Spaniard
We're all treated equally
Canada, Cana-da-dee-doo-dee-da
Let her keep a memento
She has not been able to sleep
Since the days of Trudeau
On music, on painting, distract us with drawing
And don't let the audience die
Watch Alice get better, and Peggy get stronger
They'll still publish once in a while
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All that she wants is a man with a tan
A mashing pot and matching pan
A minivan
As high an income as she can
Who are you to judge?
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Drought's been hard, and the cows are all slaughtered
But my love for you needs no water
You miss your youth, and you miss the city
Have no regret, have no pity
Smoke blows thick, and turns midday to midnight
But my love for you needs no sunlight
Don't be saddened, just look around, love
All things shining, all things shining
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Please Please Please
03:29
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Ask yourself, are you a slut? (No you're not!)
Did you forget how much you are worth? (It's a lot!)
Do you remember when we used do it all for free?
Your head is shouting, "Please please please
"Don't let your cock do all the work."
Where did you bottle up the gentleman, the gentleman?
Where did you bottle up the gentleman, the gentleman?
Give me your hands, give me your hands
Give me your hands, give me your hands
Your head is shouting, "Please please please
"Don't let your cock do all the work."
All those around you, please please please
What can you do to shut us up?
You are like a shut-in on the prowl
Everyday is like your first night off (since your bail!)
But we will never write you off
We will never write you off
We will never write you off
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Better Than Worse
03:54
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Twice was enough
Third would be an insult
To my condition
Dime in the rough
You see opportunity
I see apparitions
Changing my mind
Is not so incredible
I do it all the time
Better than worse
Is free from the curse
And when I came to
It all felt rehearsed
Better than worse
Is free from the curse
And when I came to
It'd all been reversed
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The Sea
02:17
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I waded out too far
Lost sight of the shore
Sunk beneath the surface, I closed, I closed my eyes
The undertow would take me down
The waves take me home
I went limp and I let the sea, the sea decide
Gentle listener, this is why I sing:
Confusion
Sweet confusion, you'll be my only child
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