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Your imagination's having puppies
It could be a video for new recruits
Just stare into the camera
And pretend that you got the flu
Or dream of impossible vacations
And get all teary from the wind
Look as though you're standing at the station
Long after the train came in
And see how the space tautens
Like there's something on
And you're never more hot than
When you've got something on
Picture a century of water
Bury the pipeline guy right here
Kill the dream of possible vacations
With the weep of a mapping pioneer
Outside there's hectic action
The ice is covering the trees
And one of 'em's interconnecting
With my chevrolet caprice
Black out to phantom power
And like there's nothing on
And hammering the tower
And now there's nothing on
We'll ride the monorail
Rocking gently home on the trail
You wanna show me the moon
I know you're standing at the station
I know there's nothing on
I know that's alienation
I know the train's long gone
I can see how your face tautens
Like you've got something on
It make me feel just rotten
But you've got something on
It could be a video for new recruits
Just stare into the camera
And pretend that you got the flu
Or dream of impossible vacations
And get all teary from the wind
Look as though you're standing at the station
Long after the train came in
Like there's something on
And you're never more hot than
When you've got something on
Bury the pipeline guy right here
Kill the dream of possible vacations
With the weep of a mapping pioneer
Outside there's hectic action
The ice is covering the trees
And one of 'em's interconnecting
With my chevrolet caprice
And like there's nothing on
And hammering the tower
And now there's nothing on
Rocking gently home on the trail
You wanna show me the moon
I know there's nothing on
I know that's alienation
I know the train's long gone
I can see how your face tautens
Like you've got something on
It make me feel just rotten
But you've got something on
Song Info
Submitted by
black_cow_of_death On Jan 26, 2002
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"Outside there's hectic action The ice is covering the trees And one of 'em's interconnecting With my chevrolet caprice Black out to phantom power And like there's nothing on And hammering the tower And now there's nothing on"
These lines refer to the Big Ice Storm of 1998 & the subsequent blackouts across Quebec and Ontario - many of the big power line towers caved under the weight of the ice.
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Just saw this one live at Fox Theatre- introduced somewhere along the lines of "This song is about friendship, and dealing with fame" Yeah whatever, Gord, way to let us know, but keep rocking in the free world!