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See the soft Lake Erie waters
Look at all the foam
Washing rocks along the shoreline
Soap from someone’s home
Dead fish line up on the shore
Escaping the pollution
City dwellers come there too
In search of a solution
When the weekend’s over
The cottagers go home
While those rotting fish just lie there
Soaking in the foam
And Erie, you nearly stole my soul away
Stole my boy and laid him in the ground
Took me way too long to break away
Took me way to long to come around
Nice young couples build sand castles
With their sons and daughters
Tiptoe by the dying fish
With plastic pails of water
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There in the phone booth
It hit me square
No one to call and
The streets are cold and bare
What happens now, doll?
What happens now?
Who’s going to fly in
And fix it up somehow?
They shot me down
They buried me alive
They shot me down
They opened up my eyes
I once accused you darling
Of loving less than me
You shot me down
You did it brilliantly
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Children in the swamp land
Hiding deep within the scrub land
Quiet is the snow
Twenty hours to go and far from home
Climb the railing
Abandoned trailers and the light is fading
Could we all sleep here?
Light a fire and while away the years
Listen to the wind blow
Rattle in the windows
Save us all Ontario
Lakeside after midnight
Shining around us is the moonlight
Honey can’t you see?
A bit of this stuff shines in you and me
Summer’s fading
Northward a forest never ending
Howl in the cold
A thousand miles of nothing I feel old
Every darkened window
Blackout in Toronto
Save us all Ontario
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I never learned
To burn for your love
Till it was too late
I never learned
To burn for your love
Till you fell in
With your old crowd
And later on
We talked through the night
Heartache to heartache
And drove along
Pacifica Heights
Till it was daybreak
I never learned
To burn for your love
Till it was too late
I never learned
To burn for your love
Till you fell in
With your old crowd
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Picture of a penny in a paper in a basket
Picture of a penny in a paper show
Sometimes I think you rather like me
Who knows how far I’ll go?
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I once came within an inch of worldwide fame
So if you want to take my name, girl
That’d be fine
I once ran across the island of Japan
So if you want me to be your man, girl
I don’t mind
As I say it out loud
I can hear how silly it sounds
I could’ve swore it happened to me
Just like I told you
I could’ve swore that I met you once before
In my stairwell in your bathrobe
Half asleep
I could’ve swore my intentions were so pure
And the things I took
I never meant to keep
I can see by your eyes
That you don’t believe a word
I could’ve swore it happened to me
Just like I told you
I could’ve swore that I met you once before
If I ever start to bore you let me know
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Driving north the sky was falling
Little pieces on the ground
You caught my eye and noticed I was scared
You had me there and then
Lean over this way, darling
But you were fast asleep
So we cut our way through forest glades
A thousand fathoms deep
A hundred million miles
A hundred million ways to break up
But I wake up next to you
In the morning ever after
In the evening of the day
As we while away the moments again
I thought I heard you say
A hundred million miles
A hundred million ways to break up
But I wake up next to you
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Rainy morning in Alkmaar
Lazy loving in a rental car
Lately wondering who you are
And I know that I’ve been here once before
And I know that I’ve never loved you more
Build a beautiful life with me
A thing of beauty for all to see
Odd to think that we’ve come so far from that
Rainy morning in Alkmaar
So don’t worry darling
The sun is shining somewhere
This kind of fairytale
Is harder than it seems
Asleep on the causeway
I dreamt I knew the answers
Why can’t we ever use
The things we know in dreams?
It’s harder than it seems
But people remain
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It’s one, two, five, eight and nine for my love
Don’t you drink all the wine for my dear
It’s one, two, five, eight and nine for my love
Don’t go away
Leave yourself behind you, babe
Just leave yourself and try to find...
Believe, believe, believe
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Heads up, here they come
There’s a purposeful air about them
They’ve got a plan for sure
And a life stretching out before them
And aren’t they so in love
What they share is so above me
But there’s something to be said for this too
Hide behind my lonely tattoo
I don’t want to think about you too much
Drink up we’re on our way
There’s a night stretching out before us
Yeah not too far away
There’s a club where the girls are for us
And aren’t they so demure
Living life like it’s a sure thing
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Sky and snow
Here we go again
With faces on the street car
Looking down
Hold on
Hum a song again
But no one knows your eyes in this cold town
I tried to tell you in so many days
But I never thought that anyone could ever leave me
Anyone could ever leave me
You tried to tell me in so many ways
But I never thought that anyone could ever leave me
Anyone could ever leave me, yeah
Step by step
Feet are wet again
I never used to feel it
Like I do
Tongues are tied
I’m feeling fried again
With moments in the clouds
Upside down
Sky and snow
Here we go again
This time my love your face
Hits the ground
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Saw you in the hall today
Don’t know why you didn’t say
I know that I’m dead
It was twenty years ago when I
Saw you alone
Lying in your bed
And I sing to you
Singing ‘bout life’s force and
Shutting down airports and
Blowing up cars in the day
You’ve marked the milestones and
Passed your own gravestone
And still you get in the way
Some come from cartoons and
I draw from Khartoum and
The sun is shining today
Financing war dreams and
Gelatin hair schemes and
Your stars of today
And I sing to you
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