Thompson Girl

I can't seem to remember the name of "Thompson Girl" at this moment, but the Thompson in this song is Thompson, Manitoba. Where I live! YAY!

whoa looks like we got a fucking genius on our hands. jilliefromchile, obviously a geographical wizard, claims that thompson girl is about ONTARIO winter? Thats cool i guess, cause its not like Thompson and Churchill (Thompson Girl walking from Churchill ) are both in Manitoba. my hat goes off to you.

Strangely, I am from a town with the same moniker in the state straight south of where the inspiration for this song comes from. Even further, I am willing to bet that years back, somebody from Thompson, MB was driving south toward Fargo or the Twin Cities looking for great deals and they saw the sign for my hometown and that somebody said, "Hey, what a co-inky-dink."

The tangled webs the world weaves for us.

thank you Idioteque, for calling jillie on that shockingly embarrassing post. Also of note, the previous post, by skunk, actually says that Thompson is in Manitoba. Just further highlight of this brilliant display of incompetence.

Its obvious to me that Gordon is talking about a Canadian Movie about an Alberta winter in which a lady's car breaks down called Lattitude 55 degrees

one of the guys in the band dated a girl from thompson manitoba for a bit, thats where the song comes from.

I find it funny that you are all trying to find one single meaning for this song, Thompson Girl. Yes, it is about a girl from Thompson. We can assume it is Thompson, Manitoba, with the reference to Churchill, Manitoba. Not to mention Gord Downie's affinity for Canadian culture. I find Hipfan's comment most enlightening because I have not heard of this movie.

But, it is of course about the narrator's love encounter with a girl from Thompson. She whistled hard and I whistled back meaning they were crushing on eachother. Seems like nothing becomes of it, other than the whistling and towards the end of it the narrator says its time to stop playing games, "it's time to end this siege together".

Great tune. Been listening to it non stop for a while now.

The latitude of Thompson, Manitoba is 55.7500° N, so since the song mentions the latitude being 55° it is safe to say that it is about Thompson, MB.

Phil Sirois There is something behind Thompson girl. Some years ago I mentioned Thompson girl to my father and he was so surprised that I knew of Thompson girl. He asked "How do you know of Thompson girl?" He kept saying I don't believe you know of Thompson girl. May my Dad R.I.P. It must be something back in the 50's or so, I guess I'll look it up.

"But when she saw that nickel stack"

Thompson Manitoba's main employer is a nickel mine and as you enter the community the tall nickel stack is to your left. The girl in question dated the drummer for a period of time.