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Goodnight Josephine - Lyrics

Last played: 2009/05/15 Toronto, ON
Debut: 2003/08/01 Kelowna, BC
Notes: Played just 3 times (all in 2009) since being featured on the 2004 'In Between Evolution' Tour.

I remember a girl on her cell phone, surrounded by her friends
Eyes flickering, she's trying to smother a smile in her hands
Is it someone for us, someone more worry free
Someone who can say, "Leave the worrying about him to me, Josephine"

I remember you there in the last rays of light at diplomacy's end
Eyes flickering, you're crying, "But isn't this when the crimes begin?"
When the people you want to don't
And the people who do, you don't believe do you, Josephine?

I remember you there at the table, surrounded by all the day's plans
Eyes flickering, you're trying to let a coffee cup warm your hands
Maybe we're born lost, born to persevere
But, honey, I'd walk into your painting until I reappeared

As a speck of comet tail dust
A blue green northern light
Flickering just
In your eyes' deepest ravines

Goodnight, goodnight, Josephine
Goodnight, goodnight, Josephine
Goodnight, goodnight, Josephine
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight,
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine

Previous song: Are We Family

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Are We Family - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/05/29 San Francisco, CA
Debut: 2004/06/23 Calgary, AB

Notes: After getting regular rotation throughout the 2004 'In Between Evolution Tour', Are We Family has only been played 5 times. Once in Calgary during the magical year in Hip History that was 2006 and 4 times early on the the 2009 'WATS Tour' as a part of the acoustic portion of the shows.

It's only human to want to inhabit every feeling you've got
And more often than not let's take it to the nth degree
Here he goes, "Give me ten bucks and a head start"
Here's where he goes, "The puzzle's pulling apart"

And here's the scene
You're yelling calmly up the street
"Are we family?"
Or what?

From happy go lucky to surly go crazy the lot
And more often than not admission to the battles is free
Here he goes, "Give me ten bucks and a head start"
Here's where he goes, "Pulling the puzzle apart"

And here's the scene
Where you whisper down the crookedest street
"Are we family?"
Or what?

Are we family
When it's only if not when
Sisters and brothers
Wolf, wolf lover
And the boy who stamped too many ants?
Are we family?

It's only human to want to inherit every feeling you've got
And like it or not let's take it to the nth degree
Here we go, "Give us ten bucks and a head start"
Here's where we go, "The puzzle's pulling apart"

And here's the scene
Your horse is going the wrong way up the street
Are we family?
Or what?

Are we family
When it's not if but when
Taking care of each other
One bullet to another
When it's all, "if a song can't save us then nothing can"
Are we family?
Or what?

Are we family or what?
Are we family or what?
Are we family or what?

To one another?
The lost to the recovered?
The new Caledonian crow to the chimpanzee?
The tribal jury to the pakistani teen?
Ill starred evenings to champion mystique?
Sick as a writer writing to be lighter than the uncanny
When the invasion of Antarctica's complete
Are we family?

Next song: Goodnight Josephine
Previous song: One Night In Copenhagen

One Night In Copenhagen - Lyrics

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Last played: 2004/12/31 Hamilton, ON
Debut: 2004/01/01 Sydney, NS

Notes: ONIC was played on the first calendar day of 2004 and on the last calendar day of 2004. It has never been played live to an audience outside of 2004 however.

When the drugs hit you
Tingly begins
Conviction + tone = hope
Under the threat of separation
The nadir's fluorescent
The shriek of a gull
Suspended in air
The sound of the sea
Anywhere! Anywhere!

When the drugs quit you
As loyal as a fruit fly you'll mutter to yourself
'You talentless fuck, good fucking luck
Good fucking luck'
A delicatessen
Shriek of a horn
Suspended in air
The sound of the town
Anywhere! Anywhere!

It quits you in situ
And here it begins
Quits you at a payphone in the snow
One night in Copenhagen
One night in Copenhagen
And ya know
The nadir's fluorescent
The shriek of a gull
Suspended in air
The sound of the town
Anywhere! Anywhere!

Next song: Are We Family
Previous song: The Heart Of The Melt

The Heart of the Melt - Lyrics

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Last played: 2004/09/26 Philadelphia, PA
Debut: 2004/06/23 Calgary, AB

Notes: This song has only been played 3 times live according to the database at thehip.com. Why? Who knows. It's a solid rocking tune but it's hard to make room in the setlist when you gotta keep playing Courage & NOIS over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...

There’s me then there’s you
and I could dance with the puck
in a telephone booth
You said,
“I don’t give a fuck
besides enough about you
and your ‘evil’s banal’
‘cause as soon as Joni says ‘blue’
you’re somewhere else

There’s me then there’s you
and I could not hear it yet
From a telephone booth
I do my hungover best
and say,
“Enough about you
and your representative hell
I jump in when you do like there’s nowhere else
And then
of course
there’s the dorsal fin
closing in that you can’t outswim

“It’s not him that I gotta outswim” you said,
“Just you”
you said,
“Just you”

There’s the narrowest flume
There’s the somewhere else
When I’m with you
there’s nowhere else
There’s me and there’s you
There’s me and there’s you
You could not say enough
If there were several yous
that would not be enough
There’s me and there’s you
You’re a beautiful you
a beautiful you
are beautiful you
could not say enough
If there were several truths
it would not be enough
We’re a beautiful two

Next song: One Night In Copenhagen
Previous song: Mean Streak

Mean Streak - Lyrics

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Last played: 2006/06/18 Guelph, ON
Debut: 2004/06/23 Calgary, AB
Notes: Mean Streak has been played only once live since the 2004 IBE Tour and only 27 times in total.

Is it a mean streak
you'd swear you'd swear
we never seen a stranger around here
is it the way the dust clings to the air
but You'd swear you'd swear

Is it a mean streak
a desolation sound
a copy of bizarro but nothing's that far down
a mean streak on a western swing
on TV saying the damnedest thing

Meanstreak
you'd swear you'd swear
we've never seen a stranger around here
it's the way the dust clings to the air
after a strangers been there
you'd swear you'd swear

Is it a mean streak
to a certain degree
come whistling down the crookedest street
a mean streak in the ghost state
between the certain and the hesitating

a meanstreak
you'd swear you'd swear
we've never seen a stranger around here
it's the way the dust clings to the air
after the strangers been here
you'd swear you'd swear

was that you there?
that was you there
was that you there?
that was you there

The sssh sound in the bottoms of their boots
on the tops of the grass
as the hay-wagon
rolled past
and I'd swear I'd swear
the way the dust clings to the air
after the stranger's been there
I'd swear I'd swear
that that was you there

Next song: The Heart Of The Melt
Previous song: As Makeshift As We Are

As Makeshift As We Are - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/04/27 Kitchener, ON
Debut: 2003/10/27 Whistler, BC
Notes: Since the 2004 'In Between Evolution Tour', it has only been played 4 times. 3 times in 2006 & once in 2009.

You do the combat math, I'm the war artist
You can't take your shots back, I have to watch them miss
The basketball rim shook like a tambourine
not an unlikely event in a game that means nothing
in a game that means nothing
Makeshift we are
lead never leaves your system no matter who you are
Makeshift we are
as makeshift as we are

You're a complex dune, I'm a cloud of octopus ink
You're an elusive tune, I'm more ice sculpture than I think
You're the neutral tribe and I got the wrong openness
Here's where I slowly close my eyes and say, "I'm too drunk for this."
Yea I'm too drunk for this
Makeshift we are
"Weakling Make Trouble" you played on your guitar
Makeshift we are
as makeshift as we are

we are. we are. we are.

the loneliest buoys on dolphin property
you're as quiet as a fish, I only sing for the whole sea
From memory metal tension springs we were gunsmoke and the truth
let's shake some snow off of his shoulders let's shake some snow off of the roof
Let's shake some snow off of the roof
Makeshift we are
occurring to each other under the setup of the stars
Makeshift we are
we imagine us here and here we are
Makeshift we are
through half-squinted eyes becoming a mirage
Makeshift we are

Next song: Mean Streak
Previous song: You're Everywhere

You're Everywhere - Lyrics

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Last played: 2006/06/17 Lewiston, NY
Debut: 2003/08/01 Kelowna, BC
Notes: Only played 30 times in concert according to stats at thehip.com and only once since the 2004 'In Between Evolution' tour. I caught 2003/09/06 show in Barrie, ON and was pretty excited about this 'new' song that I believe was introduced as "Ballroom". Would like to see this one dusted off...

You are everywhere, within and without
where it don't matter what we used to do now
where I feed my people when I get behind the plow
when I write the tiger hanging on by his eyebrows
somehow where the gang in me
is being all that it can be
somehow part hope is a plan
and part vigilante streak

When I reel my Irish in
when I sleep on the train
in straight lines through shadows you're there
where the future lies
under no moon at night
at the ballroom hanging you're there

You are there when I stop writing things down
and when I forget about who I am now
forget about who's kissing her who's behind my plow
now it's time to drown all of that poetry out
somehow where democracy
is how we all learn to sleep
with ourselves drawing to ourselves
everything we can carry

When I reel my Irish in
when I sleep in the rain
in straight lines through shadows you're there
where the future lies
under no moon at night
at the ballroom hanging you're there

There's no escaping this dream
We're dancing with no distractions

When I reel my Irish in
when I sleep on the plane
in straight lines through shadows you're there
where the future lies
under no moon at night
at a ballroom hanging you're there
you're everywhere

You're there
you're everywhere
You're there
you're everywhere

Next song: As Makeshift As We Are
Previous Song: If New Orleans Is Beat

If New Orleans Is Beat - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/06/04 Lewiston, NY
Debut: 2003/10/27 Whistler, BC

Notes: Obviously one of The Hip's favourite and most influential cities both lyrically & stylistically, this song sets a certain mood. I met my wife in New Orleans just about a year to the day before Katrina exposed both physical and social shortcomings that had always been hiding in plain view. It's a place I love, but would I go live there? According to thehip.com, the song has only been played live 11 times. It re-appeared 3 times in 2009 after a 5 year hiatus during the 'acoustic set' - a treat for those who saw those particular shows.

Your smile is fading a bit so I ration it
don't think about it
here where the Mississippi quits
where its still got a bit of Minnesota in it

No one will give you a thing these days
they'd rather kill it or throw it away
you don't 'do' dark American streets so
if New Orleans is beat
if New Orleans is beat
if New Orleans is beat
if New Orleans is beat
if New Orleans is beat
where's that leave you and me?

The river takes takes takes and takes
it doesn't change and only changes
see it there in a picture with me
there's a caption beneath,
"New Orleans is beat"
and if New Orleans is beat
if New Orleans is beat
if New Orleans is beat
if New Orleans is beat
where's that leave you and me?
where's that leave you and me?
where's that leave you and me?

your smile is fading a bit so I ration it
try not to think about it

Next song: You're Everywhere

Previous song: It Can't Be Nashville Every Night

It Can't Be Nashville Every Night - Lyrics

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Nashville

Last played: 2013/02/11 Sudbury, ON
Debut: 2002/07/26 Boston, MA

Notes: thehip.com lists 1994/10/16 Albuquerque, MN as the song's debut performance, but until I hear a tape of this I'm kind of skeptical. Since IBE's release in 2004, 'It Can't Be Nashville Every Night' has been the most consistently featured song from the album.

He said, 'fuck this' and 'fuck that'
and this guy's the diplomat
stares into the blur of the tuner lights
It can't be Nashville every night

He said, 'we are what we lack'
and this guy's the autodidact
stares into the glare of them TV lights
It can't be Nashville every night

with it's la la oh oh ohs,
whoa-ohs and yeahs.
la las,
whoa-ohs and
yeahs

He sang, 'I'll die before I quit'
and this guy's the limit
stares into the queer of the firefight
It can't be Nashville every night

with it's la la oh oh ohs
whoa-ohs and yeahs
la las,
whoa-ohs and
yeahs.

Next song: If New Orleans Is Beat
Previous Song: Vaccination Scar

Vaccination Scar - Lyrics

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Last played: 2005/07/16 Grand Falls, NF
Debut: 2004/06/23 Calgary, AB
Notes: 49 total plays and all but 1 came in its debut year. An incredibly weird song history for a tune that I believe was the first single released from In Between Evolution.

So the chemistry's set,
and I'm not the saddest cheerleader
to forget the American word
for the gang in the head
that dwindles 'til no members when
The mystery's met,
the sky looks threatened
heading home in the dust,
singing 'Life Is Forgettin'
good enough for the frivolous'

There's one thing I remember is
this tear on your bare shoulder this
little silver boulder
this slowly falling star
rolling, so what
never getting older
where the moon-shocked curtains part
The start of enough
a tear dropped in a vaccination scar

I'll tell ya if I'm able that is
I'll tell ya like it is
He went down like a bad card table, like
the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Swimming on a bit
stop you're treading water as the sun assimilated the words
For lighthouse fire
burning down to embers' end
The mystery's met
the sky just reddened,
heading home under dusk
Is life just forgetting
another word for frivolous?
or little silver boulder
silence from Mars
For the heart of enough
or a teardrop in a Vaccination Scar?

Wherever you are, scar

Next song: It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
Previous song: Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park

Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park - Lyrics

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Gus.

Last played: 2013/02/11 Sudbury, ON
Debut: 2003/10/27 Whistler, BC
Notes: Gus has had a steady rotation in The Hip's setlists since its debut in 2003. I classify it as the only song on this album that carries such a distinction.

What's troubling Gus you sound demented
is it because someone talked and she told me
he no longer thinks anything that moves and
everything he sees is something to kill and eat?
What's troubling Gus is it nothing goes quiet?
the whip-poor-will at dusk...

What's troubling Gus overhearing conversations
that it's because you're too either them or me
when it's either them or it's us anything that moves and
everything you see is something to kill and eat
What's troubling Gus? Is it nothing goes quiet?
Is that what's troubling ya Gus the mere mention of the name
used to be enough to make every bird stop singing?
Is that what's troubling ya Gus? No is afraid enough?

What's troubling Gus is it nothing goes quiet?
Is that what's troubling ya Gus? The mere mention of the name
used to be enough to make every bird stop singing
the whip-poor-will at dusk tells you no one is afraid

no one is afraid enough
is it afraid
or is it afraid enough?
it's troubling Gus

Next song: Vaccination Scar
Previous song: Summer's Killing Us

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Summer's Killing Us - Lyrics

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Last played: 2007/07/14 Grande Praire, AB
Debut: 2004/01/01 Sydney, NS
Notes: Maybe Bob Rock said, "Just stop playing it." And they did.

Does summer exist in its' praises?
Does summer exist in its' praises?
Summer lives here in it's praises.

Come on up here, we've got something to show ya
wanna show you everything we know
wanna show you we've can vanish before ya
wanna show you we've got our blind roads

and does your family know your wishes?
cause this chorus'll do you like the dishes

Summer's killing us!
It's just sing sing sing all day
It's as if summer existed in its' praises

Come on over, I've got something to play ya
record sunshine its the the Shadow Band
we can have strictly cactus relations
telling the waves to stop cra-sh-ing

and does anybody know your wishes?
cause this tune'll do you like the dishes

Summer's killing us!
It's just sing, sing, sing all day
It's as if summer just exists in her praises

It's a time for more to happen sooner
a time to be a person you still know
to float a while on your shore power
til you say
'Canada lost. Go home'

Where summer's killing us!
Where we sing sing sing all day
It's as if summer exists here in its' praises

Summer exists in a doorway
Summer exists at the fair
Summer is forever changes
Summer's taking me unawares

Next song: Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
Previous song: Heaven Is A Better Place Today

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Heaven Is A Better Place Today - Lyrics

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for Dan Snyder

Last played: 2006/11/03 Vancouver, BC
Debut: 2004/06/23 Calgary, AB
Notes: After receiving massive play on the 2004'In Between Evolution Tour', Heaven Is A Better Place Today promptly became a rarity. It has only been played 8 times since. It was written as a memorial for Dan Snyder, a hockey player who was killed in a car crash caused by driver Dan Heatley while they were with the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers. Snyder played his unior hockey with the OHL's Owen Sound Attack.

Here's a glue guy performance god
a makeshift shrine newly lain sod
hardly even trying gives the nod
I sure hope I'm not the type to dwell
hope I'm a fast healer fast as hell
heaven is a better place today because of this
but the world is just not the same
if and when we get into the endzone
act like you've been there a thousand times before
don't blame don't say people lose people all the time anymore.

A toonie to the busker and a husky 'keep it comin' under my breath
but then said, 'though, if you wouldn't mind,
less crying and more trying more trying and less crying'
I'm not the type to dwell
I'm a fast healer fast as hell
heaven is a better place today because of this
but the world is just not the same
oh if and - if and when we get into the endzone
act like you've been there a thousand times before
don't blame don't say people lose people all the time anymore.

If and when we get into that endzone
act like you've been there a thousand times before
don't change but don't say people lose people all the time anymore.

It's just not the same because of this
It's not the same

Next song: Summer's Killing Us

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In Between Evolution - Lyrics

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IBE

Welcome to to lyrics post page for The Tragically Hip's In Between Evolution album. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art.

Released: June 29, 2004
Recorded: Studio X, Seattle, WA
Length: 40:13
Label: Universal
Producer: Adam Kasper
Certification: Platinum in Canada

Track Listing:
Heaven Is A Better Place Today
Summer's Killing Us
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
Vaccination Scar
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
If New Orleans Is Beat
You're Everywhere
As Makeshift As We Are
Mean Streak
The Heart Of The Melt
One Night In Copenhagen
Are We Family
Goodnight Josephine

'In Between Evolution' Digital Lyric Art

Next album: World Container
Previous album: In Violet Light

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Goodnight Josephine - Lyrics

Are We Family - Lyrics

One Night In Copenhagen - Lyrics

The Heart of the Melt - Lyrics

Mean Streak - Lyrics

As Makeshift As We Are - Lyrics

You're Everywhere - Lyrics

If New Orleans Is Beat - Lyrics

It Can't Be Nashville Every Night - Lyrics

Vaccination Scar - Lyrics

Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park - Lyrics

Summer's Killing Us - Lyrics

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