Poets Lyrics by The Tragically Hip

Poets Lyrics

    Spring starts when a heartbeat's pounding
    When the birds can be heard above the reckoning carts doing some final accounting
    Lava flowing in Superfarmer's direction
    He's been getting reprieve from the heat in the frozen-food section

    Don't tell me what the poets are doing
    Don't tell me that they're talking tough
    Don't tell me that they're anti-social
    Somehow not anti-social enough

    And porn speaks to its splintered legions
    To the pink amid the withered cornstalks in them winter regions
    While aiming at the archetypal father
    He says with such broad and tentative swipes "Why do you even bother?"

    Don't tell me what the poets are doing
    Don't tell me that they're talking tough
    Don't tell me that they're anti-social
    Somehow not anti-social enough

    Don't tell me what the poets are doing
    On the street and the epitome of vague
    Don't tell me how the universe is altered
    When you find out how he gets paid

    If there's nothing more that you need now
    Lawn cut by bare-breasted women
    Beach bleached, towels within reach for the women gotta make it
    That'll make it by swimming

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