All Tore Up - Lyrics

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Last played: 2002/11/20 London, ENG
Debut: 2002/02/20 Toronto, ON

Notes: All Tore Up was in the setlist rotation for exactly 9 months and was played 43 times which is quite prolific for that short of a stretch. It has never been heard from again. If I ever find out why I'll let you know. Right here. On this page. In this spot. Here. Promise.

we were a blow-out of wicked proportions
an accidental company
if we said, 'We're gonna go out
and get all tore-up tonight
then we did
we got a little happenin'

play yer Tonight's-The-Nights right
and don't clear the place
sweep up a little on your way out
we might make it

with Dottie, the bluegrass singer
baring her local breast
singing, "You want an open concept!?
- I'll give ya open concepts!"

ya play yer Fuck-Off-Nows right
and don't clear the place
wreak some havoc on the way out
you might make it

"drink up folks it's getting' on time to close"

they said, "we don't even like you."
'I'm with you,' I said,
but perhaps you think the road
is a means to have an end
where it's a living in the end,
the living end
the living image of the end

play yer Tonight's The Nights right
don't clear the place
sweep up a little on your way out
you might make it
if yer Tonight's The Nights right
ya don't clear the place
sweep up a little on your way out
you might make it

tonight's the night
tonight's the night, tonight
tonight the night
tonight
tonight tonight tonight
tonight's the night
tonight
tonight tonight tonight
tonight's the night
tonight

tonight tonight tonight


Next song: Leave
Previous song: Throwing Off Glass

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Leave - Lyrics

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Last played: 2002/06/27 New York, NY
Debut: 2002/06/12 Toronto, ON

Notes: Showed up in a concert setlist 3 times and it's been on permanent LEAVE ever since. Sorry. I couldn't help myself.

'Do you mean the attack is routine?'
a bird asked of a bird
'In this context, a concave nest,
how do we learn to hurt?'

'do you mean there's no variation?'
watching a dog charge a flock
of birds exploding in congregation
Why plan; when we stop?" '

I dunno....but why suppose it's not the way it should be?
when you can fly above the great waiting list,
as the crow implies; we won't be missed, we can
leave
we can
leave
we can
leave.

It's a routine flight for this bird tonight
there's more worms than earth
in the Afterlife
where the blind feed the blind,
whispering things like;
'On the money' and 'Bulls-eye'
she picks up the little leaves
where human wrecks are left to seed
left to repaint their deities
and plaster away at their villainies
where there's love
there's hope

'and do you hope those earthbound poets
could learn to sing as good as us?
so we can sit back and enjoy our illusions
and our quietus?'

'Well I don't know....but why suppose it's not the way it should be?
when you can squawk and wait for word from above
and change yourself into something you love
when you
leave
you
leave
you
leave.?


Next song: A Beautiful Thing
Previous song: All Tore Up

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A Beautiful Thing - Lyrics

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Last played: 2002/11/11 Tilburg, NED
Debut: 2002/06/12 Toronto, ON

Notes: Tilburg, Holland --- Where songs go to die. 21 concert appearances. There was also 2 studio appearances, but those don't fuckin' count. So Blackjack it is.

In the ulcerating silence
perspective comes
the way it always does - for it's ransom
so randomly...somebody calls...
the phone rings and it brings Niagara Falls
and 3 o'clock in the morning
'You'd better be dyin'- and you were
- So we talked about time
and where it went,
unremarkable events,
and how one day took two days
and they got spent.
how you'd continue, careful, in degrees
trying to do one true beautiful thing

and your beautiful thing
it'd be
a beautiful thing
to see
that beautiful thing
continuing

'I don't live there, I just commute'
secretly cradling a joint and I might puke.
a-fumble with the keys, under duress
the point is, this is, practice duress
at 3 o'clock in the morning -
'you'd better be dying'- and you were
-so we talked about things and where they went
big remarkable events
and how each day's a new day
and they get spent
how you'd continue, artfully, like the breeze
trying to do one true beautiful thing

your beautiful thing
it'd be
a beautiful thing
to see
that beautiful thing
continuing
your beautiful thing
continuing

your beautiful thing
will be

a beautiful thing
to me

that beautiful thing
continuing.

your beautiful thing
continuing


Next song: The Dire Wolf
Previous song: Leave

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The Dire Wolf - Lyrics

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Don't Murder Me, I beg of you Don't Murder Me...

Last played: 2009/09/28 Ottawa, ON
Debut: 2002/06/12 Toronto, ON

Notes: Though never played as much as it was in its first year, The Dire Wolf has remained in the rotation. Sightings are becoming rare however. This song is Pure Hip....

in that September off
Isle aux Morts
the desultory sea
grew more so through the night

and made one think of
tawny ports,
as aspen tremblin'
in tomorrow's thorough light

and of Tallulah Bankhead
and Canada Lee
somewhere far-off, peaceful, sleeping
and done with acting

past the Dire Wolf's lair
on a Newfoundland's paws
close to nowhere
and halfway across

but never more 'here'
expanse getting broader
though bigger boats been
done by less water
tho better boats been done by this water
tho better boats been done by less water

in that September off
Isle aux Morts
colourable seas
grew more to through the night

And made one think of
yawnin' shores
Gambier-bleached
in tomorrow's thorough light

and the Tallulah Bankhead
and Canada Lee
somewhere far-off, peaceful, sleeping
they learned to love sleep

at the Dire Wolf's crest
the Newfoundland paused
desolate's best
was gotten across

we were never more 'here'
expanse getting broader
when better boats been
done by this water

at the Dire Wolf's best
the Newfoundland paused
so desperate as
to be a lost cause

you were never more hear
expanse getting broader
when better boats been
done by this water
where bigger boats been done by less water
and better boats been done by this water
when bigger boats been done by less water
and better boats been done by this water


Next song: The Dark Canuck
Previous song: A Beautiful Thing

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The Dark Canuck - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/10/15 Albany, NY
Debut: 2002/06/12 Toronto, ON

Notes: Shelved for 5 years after the 2002 'In Violet Light Tour'; The Dark Canuck made one appearance in 2007 and then was sprinkled throughout 2009's setlists much to the delight of many fans I'm sure.

This one is for you
and it goes on and on and on
when nothing seems to do
for when the doubtless and the wrong
ask; 'can I help you?'
in that way that says, 'I can't'
or claim we're all the same
just inconsistent
or pretend all understanding
turned out to be pretense
then pretend the pretense of understanding
How long does it take depends

You can cast your doubts
Turn em inside-out
Hang em upside-down
Til their art falls out - the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Let your heart all out - the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Til your art falls out - the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Let your heart all out
Summon up your power

If you need a good connection for drugs
or a strong tolerance for alcohol
Too little religious education
Some pain threshold
If from the outside
There's no demand for what you do
And inside there's an army waiting
For their marching orders for you
Come sit on my swing-seat
Come sit on my porch
After Ten at night, smoke your cigarettes if you like, of course

You can cast your doubts
Turn em inside-out
Hang em upside-down
Til their art falls out - the short answer's; forty-eight hours
let your heart all out - the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Til their art falls out - the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Let your heart all out
Summon up all your power

And it does on and on and on

If we ever get home
let's don't compare
let's relinquish all our holidays
and Drive-In Premieres

if we ever get home
gonna have me three children
Apple, Zippo, and Metronome
that's what I'm gonna name them

and get celebrity skin
the illusion of tough
I'm gonna talk about nothing
til nothing's enough

if we ever get home
and the subject comes up
this War isn't for children
War is nothing's enough

O' in the clouds of blood at the end of JAWS
in the misted cars honking their applause
at the Drive-In Double Feature
at the heart of dark enough
O' it's JAWS and The Dark Canuck
should we stay for The Dark Canuck?
yea. Everyone, hands up!?
Who's for 'The Dark Canuck'?

I think we relinquished enough
and it's still dark enough
and it goes on and on and on


Previous song: The Dire Wolf

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07/02/2011 - The Colosseum at Caesars, Windsor, ON

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The Tragically Hip
The Colosseum at Caesars
Windsor, ON
07/02/2011

07/02/2011 Windsor, ON

Scared makes its 2011 debut. Whoa.

Set I: The Lonely End of the Rink, Grace Too, Love is a First, Streets Ahead, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, In View, Drip Drip, Gift Shop, Poets, Ahead By a Century, Transformation, At the Hundredth Meridian, Fiddler's Green, Fully Completely, Courage, Bobcaygeon, NOIS > Nautical Disaster > NOIS, Little Bones

Encore: Blow At High Dough, Scared, My Music at Work

Theme: Detroit Tigers

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07/01/2011 - Downsview Park, Toronto, ON

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Setlist
Downsview Park
Toronto, ON
07/01/2011

From @_alieb On the Ground...

"Sorry for the lack of updates at Downsview, there was no cell reception in the venue. This made is impossible to find friends. I have never been a big fan of this venue, its always so unorganized. One beer tent for over 30,000 people with 2 hour waits. Rude. However, once I embraced all these obstacles and just went with it, the night shaped up OK. The Hip took the stage and the vibe in the whole place immediately changed! It was one giant party as they jammed out hit after hit. No big surprises to the setlist...

Set I: Grace Too, Blow At High Dough, Love Is A First, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, Streets Ahead, Poets, Ahead By A Century, In View, Drip Drip, At the Hundredth Meridian, Gift Shop, Fiddler's Green, Transformation, Fully Completely, Courage, Bobcaygeon, New Orleans Is Sinking > Nautical Disaster > New Orleans Is Sinking, Little Bones

Encore: The Kids Don't Get It, Wheat Kings, My Music At Work

The night closed out with fireworks and the whole crowd singing the national anthem was pretty awesome."




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