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| lyrics from NORTH .... |
| west coast dream - get set to forget the westcoast dream. i know it's not your thing. anymore. and i. would sacrifice the rain. do just about anything. for you. as your running blindly towards the destiny of your choice. don't disappoint. so beautiful. too bad we aren't our own. open up your eyes. until you realize. what isn't yours. turn back.despite what they say. hollywood north is just another day in local news. and i. would sacrifice sea and sky. if it'd change your mind. about me. land of many climates boasts a serial killer or two. that doesn't make it glamourous. that doesn't make him you. |
| how long 'til calgary - a long alberta road. i thought i knew you. you thought you knew me too. it seems we don't know each other like we used to. i break the silence from the passenger seat. as we're pulling throu gh red deer i turn to you and say "how long 'til calgary?" the fairytale is over, he didn't get his bride. and something about the thought of her with him makes you want to die." i've made my choice, it's too late for this, so why do i feel guilty for sharing my life with him" how long do i have to pretend? how long 'til calgary? there's snow on the highway and frost in your eyes. the way you star at me tears me up inside. i've made my choice. it's too late for this. so why does it feel like someone here's losing. "how long do i have to pretend? how long 'til calgary?" |
| this isn't buenos aires - infrared. investigate. i missed my plane. but it's too late. this isn't buenos aires. it's nothing that i like. forgo the paso doble. for plains and dreary skies. amber waves not coffee beans. there's nothing here that i haven't seen. this isn't buenos aires it's nothing that i like. forgo the paso doble for plains and dreary skies. your open space and endless sky just isn't my kind of paradise. your open space and endless sky just isn't going to change my life. this isn't buenos aires.... |
| manitoba - i hear it's cold in manitoba. what does that mean. does it mean that you don't need me anymore. you say the trees are nice. you don't miss the ciry's lights. you've got your lies to keep you warm. i know all the things about you. i know your middle name, but if you're happy there with her. who am i - who am i to complain? i hear it's warmer down in california. and maybe i'll go there for awhile. it's just this red river drought that's drying out the both of us. is more than i can take. i know... i hear it's cold in manitoba without me. |
| the center of the universe - it's tough being center of the universe. you've always got to look your best. it'd be a capitol punishment offence if you didn't match that purse with that three thousand dollar dress. you think you're so advanced with your stocks and bonds and great finance well your hockey team doesn't have a chance. just thought i'd let you know. even in the center of the universe. you still get snow. it's tough being center of the universe. you've always got to act your best. it'd be branded criminal intent if you didn't pay more money when it's already spent... it's tough being center of the universe, i know. |
| the other side - hello there you. on the other side. can you hear me? am i coming through. and time never spoils us. never runs fast enough. to make us change. but i do miss southern ontario and all the chaos that we've grown to know so well. hey there you on the other side. steeltown and waterfront all in one. and time never spoils us never runs fast enough to make us change. but i do miss southern ontario and all the chaos that we've grown to know so well. hello there you on the other side. do you hear me? am i coming through? |
| rue st. denis - i stood around down by the st. lawrence river bank. until my hands got cold and i decided if you really needed me, you'd come and find me on rue st. denis and we'd have a drink and watch the sun sink behind the city. i waited down in the montreal underground until my skin got dry and i decided if you really wanted me you'd come and find me on rue st denis and we'd have a drink and watch the sun sink behind the city. i am so alone. i know all the times i never even called. i left you hanging on your own another day down the drain in montreal. i am so alone |
| i will not find another you - it's a mystery why they all leave your rocky coast your eastern sea maybe it's cause you're not famous enough. or maybe you get too much sleep. i have a dream but it is not here with you. the atlantic ocean's freezing and the fog's too thick to see through, and i caould name a 1000 places with a warmer climate and better view. you said "well maybe you can, and maybe you will, and maybe that's true," but that i will not find another you. inner loyalty that makes us all stay close to your rocky coast your tidal waves, maybe it's cause you're still safe enough to still know what that means. |
| soraidh danns (farewell dance) - it's hard to believe we're standing here. on the edge of a country without boundaries. the only pioneers who ever gave a damn, although i don't understand your ambivalence right now. but i accept it in silence the way i always have. it's hard ot walk away from something you never want to lose and i'm sorry i didn't give more love to you. it's hard to accept the end is near. on the outside looking in on our sodid love affair. the only one you danced with who ever really cared. although i don't understand how you never saw me standing there. but i accept it in the silence just like everything we share. it's hard to walk away from something you never want to lose, and i'm sorry i didn't spend my life with you. |
| hell in halifax - i forget what july looks like i just turn up the radio. it's funny how we all get lost in our daily inferno. it's been 2 years since i lost that bet. 2 years since i lost that bet. funny i haven't paid up yet. i'd do anything to win you back out of this hell so-called halifax "what did it ever do to you?" "does it kill you 'cause it's the truth?" i forget what my voice sounds like. too long in isolation. too long in this harbour town drowning in the sound of the explosion. it's been 3 years since i've seen your face. 3 years isn't that enough space? funny this fall from grace. i'd do anything to win you back out of this hell you're calling halifax, "what did it ever do to you?" does it kill you "cause it's the truth?" i forget what july looks like i just turn up the radio. |
| maritime lullabye - i never say. what you mean. and it's hard watching you. get further away. i wish i were brave. i wish i were everything to you. you're right here now, too far from reach. too far for me to run the distance of an inch. i wish i wish i wish i were brave. i wish i were everything to you. i sing a maritime lullabye to help me pass the time pretend i'm not breaking up inside. pretend to be brave. pretend to be everything to you. i wish i were brave. |
| gold - i've got my lonely wednesday, you've got marachino cherry love. red hair and all. and i hate her more than anything right now. i'll just hold my breath, while you just hold her hand and wish for. yukon gold. you stake your claim right through my heart. freezing north only fool's love here you're no richer than before. no we can't be friends this is where the gold trail ends so pack your bags and leave. i'll just hold my breath while you just hold her hand and wish for. yukon gold. you stake your claim right through my heart. freezing north only fool's love here you're no richer than before. |
| frozen - you're frozen. you don't even see me. it's been 11 years there's still ice beneath our feet. and you're skating further out of my reach. you say that i got cold when you started to get close. if aurora has your ring. can i have your name? or are you frozen solid to the commitments you've made. you say that i got cold when you started to get close. you're frozen you don't even see me. |
| none of it - you were wandering the great white north and said "this is not enough i want more" this is not your opera, this is not your holy war, and when you realize you have stolen this and what little you have left us with, will you still be back for more? you said i see right through you, we're not seperatists in this. you said you didn't get your choice well it wasn't yours to make so we just go our own ways. i've got my mouth full of patriotic soup and you hide your face behind the canadian shield, that's all we left you. now you realize we've stolen this and all we left you with was none of it. |