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I can smell a rat when it's all rat
I can't find one in an elevator
My mind doesn't work so bad
But I am a poor exterminator
That's right
I can't destroy entirely
Or annihilate a little later
I can't see the entire city
But I'm not a bad exterminator
I'm just a shade shy of true wickedness
I'm a shade shy of truly loving it, yea
There are other things I'd rather be doing
Even nothing
Even nothing
Even nothing with you
One day I'll make some honest rock n' roll Full of handclaps and gang vocals
I'm going to get all the children involved
We're going to get lost on all you locals
We'll be a shade shy of true wickedness
We'll be a shade shy of truly loving this, yea
There are other things we'll rather be doing, sure even nothing
Even nothing
Even nothing with you
We'll load out through the snow
Through small groups of people smoking
Hey! Get that kick drum loaded!
Into the backseat folded down!
We'll go virtually unnoticed
What's gripping the city ain't hitting the town
We'll be a shade shy of true wickedness
We'll be a shade shy of truly loving it, yea
There are other things we'll surely miss
We'll load out through the snow
Through small groups of people smoking
Hey! Get that kick drum loaded!
Into the backseat folded down!
We'll go perfectly unnoticed
Whats gripping the city ain't hitting the town
I can't find one in an elevator
My mind doesn't work so bad
But I am a poor exterminator
That's right
I can't destroy entirely
Or annihilate a little later
I can't see the entire city
But I'm not a bad exterminator
I'm just a shade shy of true wickedness
I'm a shade shy of truly loving it, yea
There are other things I'd rather be doing
Even nothing
Even nothing
Even nothing with you
I'm going to get all the children involved
We're going to get lost on all you locals
We'll be a shade shy of truly loving this, yea
There are other things we'll rather be doing, sure even nothing
Even nothing
Even nothing with you
Through small groups of people smoking
Hey! Get that kick drum loaded!
Into the backseat folded down!
We'll go virtually unnoticed
What's gripping the city ain't hitting the town
We'll be a shade shy of true wickedness
We'll be a shade shy of truly loving it, yea
There are other things we'll surely miss
We'll load out through the snow
Through small groups of people smoking
Hey! Get that kick drum loaded!
Into the backseat folded down!
We'll go perfectly unnoticed
Whats gripping the city ain't hitting the town
Song Info
Submitted by
pesmo On Dec 23, 2006
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i think its about musicians who write about partying and sex and drugs and just bad things and then they say theyre all about the music even when theyre jsut in the biz to get laid and have fun. at least thats what i got out of it.
This song is about the Hip. It's a retrospective of their formative years. Gord Sinclair and Rob Baker played with a band called the Rodents before joining with Johnny Fay and Gord Downie, hence the reference to rats and exterminators. The constant touring and harsh travel conditions (and years of crappy gigs) forged the band into a family. The song is complementary to another song on World Container -The Kids Don't Get It - which shares a lot of the same imagery and expands on the theme of dedication and hard work being the basis of the Hip's metamorphosis into Canadian icons.