The Tragically Hip

Coconut Cream

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There's a cannon shooting
coconut cream
40 gallons in a steady stream
there's a cannon shooting
coconut cream
40 gallons at a steady stream

It's wing music to a happy cat
he likes his butterflies
slow and fat
and wing music to a happy cat
he likes his butterflies
slow and fat

Us little christians in a circle
jerk
til our daddy gets home from
work
all us good christians in a circle
jerk
til our daddy gets home from
work

There's a cannon shooting
coconut cream
40 gallons in a steady stream
there's a cannon that shoots
coconut cream
40 gallons in a steady stream

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black_cow_of_death On Jan 26, 2002

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2002-01-26 02:39:02

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by OpinionHead

21y ago

I think this song is playfully describing mutual masturbation. It seems sort of obvious with the last two verses. It could be a play off a Dr. Seuss rhyme, yet this song could just be a sick joke not meant to hurt anybody. Not my favorite song, but it's decent.

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by quinn11400

6y ago

I think this song is a euphemism for the verbal masturbation that is the mass media, self gratifying themselves through spewing out their oh-so-precious and self-important thoughts and interpretations (aka Kardashians et al). He also skewers the Christian faith with its self-righteous and judgemental outpourings of smug self-superiority while they wait for their daddy (Christ) to re-appear. It's also a warning that this stream lulls us into a dream state where we lose our own autonomous thinking in front of the boob tube.

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