Born In The Water - The Tragically Hip

Rolling hills all covered in suede

I’m heat nervous and out of road

Downtown, there’s a parade

But I don’t think I wanna go

Smart as trees in Sault Saint Marie

I can speak my mother tongue

Passing laws just because

And singing songs of the English unsung

How could you do it?

How could you even try

When you were born in the water

And you were raised in the sky?

Front seat stamped by the wind blows

No erases in this game

Arbitrary as the wind blows

It’s another way to lay claim

Ain’t no cause for bloodthirsting

In a little town so dry

Angels dance on a pinhead

Just to make room for you and I

How could you do it?

How could you even try

When you were born in the water

And you were raised up in the sky?

Thoroughbred with their great big heads

Think a mile might be too far

Highway horses laugh, but ofcourse

When they don’t know where the hell they are

Smart as trees in Sault Saint Maire

Victorious mother tongue

Passing laws just because

And singing songs of the English unsung

Well, how could you do it?

How could you even try

When you were born in the water

And you were raised up?

How could you do it?

How could you even try

When you were born in the water

And you were raised up in the sky?