Biography:
John K. Samson is a singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He used to play the bass in the band Propagandhi, and is now the singer & guitarist in The Weakerthans. In 1993 he released a 15 track cassette called Slips and Tangles on Fresh Bread Records. Some of those songs were also on a split CD with the band Painted Thin. In addition to The Weakerthans he has a project with his wife, Christine Fellows, called The Subscription, and he pronounces it like "sore-ee."
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Other songs:
- 17Th St Treatment Centre
- Alpha Adept
- Capital
- Carrie Ends The Call
- Cruise Night
- Fellow Traveller
- Grace General
- Heart Of The Continent
- Highway 1 East
- Highway 1 West
- Letter In Icelandic From The Ninette San
- Longitudinal Centre
- Oldest Oak At Brookside
- Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
- Postdoc Blues
- Prayer For Ruby Elm
- Provincial
- Requests
- Select All Delete
- Stop Error
- Taps Reversed
- The Last And
- Vampire Alberta Blues
- Virtute At Rest
- Vpw 13 Blues
- When I Write My Masters Thesis
- Winter Wheat
- Www Dot Ipetitions Dot Com Slash Petition Slash Rivertonrifle Slash
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So your presentation went terrible
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All wrong dongles, sweat stains and stares
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Leave the TV on with the sound down low in your underwear
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Don't despair, you'll get it right tomorrow night in Thunder Bay, maybe
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Don't delay, your day is short, you can't afford to wait
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I believe in you and your Powerpoints
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I know why you can't stay awake
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Out on Highway 1 with a rental car and a lot to say
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Don't despair, you'll get it right tomorrow night in Nipigon, maybe
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Don't delay, our day is short, you can't afford to wait
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So take that laminate out of your wallet and read it
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and recommit yourself to the healing of the world
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and to the welfare of all creatures upon it
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pursue a practice that will strengthen your heart
[Outro]
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[Verse 1]
Gm Bb Eb
So your presentation went terrible
Gm Bb Eb
All wrong dongles, sweat stains and stares
Gm Bb Eb Gm Gm/A Bb Eb
Leave the TV on with the sound down low in your underwear
[Chorus]
C Eb Bb F
Don't despair, you'll get it right tomorrow night in Thunder Bay, maybe
C Eb Bb F
Don't delay, your day is short, you can't afford to wait
[Verse 2]
Gm Bb Eb
I believe in you and your Powerpoints
Gm Bb Eb
I know why you can't stay awake
Gm Bb Eb Gm Gm/A Bb Eb
Out on Highway 1 with a rental car and a lot to say
[Chorus]
C Eb Bb F
Don't despair, you'll get it right tomorrow night in Nipigon, maybe
C Eb Bb F
Don't delay, our day is short, you can't afford to wait
Gm Bb Eb
[C Part]
F Cm Eb Bb F
So take that laminate out of your wallet and read it
Cm Eb Bb F
and recommit yourself to the healing of the world
Cm Eb Bb F
and to the welfare of all creatures upon it
Cm Eb Gm Bb Eb
pursue a practice that will strengthen your heart
[Outro]
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