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It’s Canada day. So, hip, hip, hooray
It’s Canada day. So, hip, hip, hooray
I was finishing a song, giving you the space
To get ready on your own. You had the time and place
And the means to get back home
I thought I was taking a stand
The same gig two weeks before had me aimlessly cruising the lakeside
But it’s Canada day. So, hip, hip, hooray
It’s Canada day. So, hip, hip, hooray
We both got home without a trace
You changed your costume, washed your face
Ammunition tossed and hidden, so that I could keep my own deception
You walked the whole way home
You didn’t use your cane
We were both feeling good but on different planes
On Canada day. So, hip, hip, hooray
It’s Canada day. So, hip, hip, hooray
See, we had broken our own rules
Not to honour this contradiction
And to fuck this hang-up-holiday
And recoil from its celebration
But they wormed their way back in your dates
The first time somehow cheapened
When the honoured guest arrived to late
Starved for completion
On Canada day. So, hip, hip, hooray
On Canada day. So, hip, hip, hooray
See, I read something later on
When I wasn’t even trying
On some subject you had written on
Something trite and said in passing
But I just could not escape those words
Or the logical conclusion
And the images came flooding in
On Canada day
So, hip, hip, hooray
It’s Canada day.
Hip, hip, hooray
Eternally a favorite album. A band that knocks it out of the park every time. Wild songwriting that comes across as a combination of In Rainbows-era Radiohead and Freak Out! era Zappa. Flowerpot Records
acoustic indie instrumental post-rock. warm sounds and cold sounds. lots of different instruments, only two people. a good winter record. Flowerpot Records