Biography:
Hawksley Workman (born March 4, 1975) is the stage name of Ryan Corrigan, a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has acquired critical approval for his original yet accessible blend of cabaret pop and glam rock.
He was born in Ontario, Canada, near Huntsville in the Muskoka region, north of Toronto. To pursue his musical career, he later moved to Toronto.
His first album, 1999's "For Him and the Girls" earned him comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits, Rheostatics and Harry Nilsson.
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Other songs:
- All The Trees Are Hers
- Anger As Beauty
- Autumns Here
- Battlefords
- Beautiful And Natural
- Clever Not Beautiful
- Dont Be Crushed
- Even An Ugly Man
- Goodbye To Radio
- Ice Age
- Jealous Of Your Cigarette
- Maniacs
- Merry Christmas I Love You
- No Beginning No End
- No Sissies
- Oh You Delicate Heart
- Prettier Face
- Safe And Sound
- Smoke Baby
- Stop Joking Around
- The Ground We Stand On
- They Decided Not To Like Us
- Warhols Portrait Of Gretzky
- We Will Still Need A Song
- What Would You Say To Me Lord
- When These Mountains Were The Seashore
- You And The Candles
- You Are Too Beautiful
- Your Beauty Must Be Rubbing Off
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Sharks follow my trail -- and it won't be long
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They've fallen for the oldest trick in the book, it never goes wrong, oh oh
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Mask and snorkel and a bottle of ketchup
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Oh those desperate old shark fins start to circle me in anger
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Oh be clever not beautiful, oh be clever not beautiful
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If your goal is plain survival well then be clever not beautiful
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Poets lock up your words -- your tongues are all tied
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But let it read in every history book that the poets all tried to
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Lull us with lilting, songs of a struggle
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To mountain up an ocean that we were something more than animals
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Be clever not beautiful, be clever not beautiful
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If your goal is plain survival well then be clever not beautiful
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Not like your face, as you roam in the garden
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Not as the earthworms gather beneath your feet
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You give it all away for free
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As we sun our winter bellies in your spring
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Ooh be clever not beautiful, be clever not beautiful
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If your goal is plain survival well then be clever not beautiful
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Oh be clever not beautiful, oh be clever not beautiful
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If your goal is plain survival well then be clever
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