Lyric discussion by ProudesterMonkey 

Cover art for Toronto #4 lyrics by Tragically Hip, The

I agree with you, BamSplat. But I think you may have missed the most important part of the lyrics- the very last word. I think it should have been punctuated with a question mark as well. Gord says it, "Hello?" as if looking around for all the people he was saying he can depend upon; I think he's making an ironice statement that we actually are all quite alone in a sense.