Biography:
The Weakerthans is a Canadian indie rock/folk band headed by former Propagandhi member, John K. Samson and also comprising guitarist Stephen Carroll, bassist Greg Smith, and drummer Jason Tait. The band last released an album, Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre, in 2010. Since 2015, the band has been on hiatus.
The band's blend of punk-inflected folk rock with literate, witty, introspective lyrics have made them one of the most popular bands on the Canadian music scene.
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Other songs:
- A New Name For Everything
- Airport Lounge
- Anchorless
- Aside
- Benediction
- Bigfoot
- Civil Twilight
- Confessions Of A Futon Revolutionist
- Everything Must Go
- Exiles Among You
- Farewell Faded Memory
- History To The Defeated
- Hospital Vespers
- Illustrated Bible Stories For Children
- Last Last One
- Left And Leaving
- Manifest
- Maryland Bridge
- My Favourite Chords
- Night Windows
- None Of The Above
- One Great City
- Our Retired Explorer
- Our Retired Explorer Dines With Michael Foucault In Paris 1961
- Pamphleteer
- Plea From A Cat Named Virtue
- Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
- Reasons
- Reconstrution Site
- Reunion Tour
- Saint Cecilia
- Slips And Tangles
- Sounds Familiar
- Sun In An Empty Room
- Sympathetic Smile
- The Reasons
- This Is A Fire Door Never Leave Open
- Tournament Of Hearts
- Utilities
- Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure
- Watermark
- Wellingtons Wednesdays
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Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her
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And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm
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She's barely coasting into a paycheck, stuck on empty
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Her blue eyes frozen green in the low-lit ATM
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I need a way to measure the distance
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I need a way to say why
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Her voice resonated in me
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Wish on everything
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Pray that she remains
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Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her
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Her night shift is over, she's writing you a postcard
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To say that she's okay and it's raining there again
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My fury's rising faster than bus fares
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Could someone clarify why
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No neat storyline to explain
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Wish on everything
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Pray that she remains
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Wish on everything
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Pray that she remains
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Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
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Wishes and prayers are the way
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That we leave the lonely alone
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[Bridge]
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She shoplifts some Christmas gifts and a bracelet for herself
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And considers phoning home, has some quarters in her hand
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But she sits down on the sidewalk and bites her bottom lip
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And spends the afternoon willing traffic lights to change
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[Verse]
E E/Eb A
Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her
E E/Eb A
And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm
E E/Eb A
She's barely coasting into a paycheck, stuck on empty
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Her blue eyes frozen green in the low-lit ATM
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m A
I need a way to measure the distance
F#m C#m
I need a way to say why
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Out of breath or out of key
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Her voice resonated in me
[Chorus]
A E E/Eb B
Wish on everything
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Pray that she remains
A C#m Esus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
[Verse]
E E/Eb A
Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her
E E/Eb A
And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm
E E/Eb A
Her night shift is over, she's writing you a postcard
E E/Eb A
To say that she's okay and it's raining there again
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m A
My fury's rising faster than bus fares
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Could someone clarify why
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There's no structured narrative?
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No neat storyline to explain
[Chorus]
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Wish on everything
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Pray that she remains
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Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
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Wish on everything
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Pray that she remains
A C#m Esus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
[Chorus]
E E/Eb B
Wishes and prayers are the way
A
Wish on everything
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That we leave the lonely alone
A
Pray that she remains
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And push the wounded away
A C#m Esus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful
[Break]
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[Bridge]
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She shoplifts some Christmas gifts and a bracelet for herself
C#m B A
And considers phoning home, has some quarters in her hand
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But she sits down on the sidewalk and bites her bottom lip
C#m B A
And spends the afternoon willing traffic lights to change
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The Wedding
The Wedding Pres (...)
The Weirdos
The Welcome Home
The Well Pennies