Lyric discussion by gravity_defiant 

Cover art for Second Best lyrics by Barenaked Ladies

This song sounds like such a joke at first, but I think it's meant to be a Canadian's perspective on the whole situation with Bush and Iraq and the UN and all that fun stuff. Basically it says that if being "best" means being like the US has been lately--unilateral, and basically just a big bully-- they prefer to be second.

And yes, Kyr, I just checked the liner notes and it is "winning."