Wheat Kings Lyrics by The Tragically Hip

Wheat Kings Lyrics

    Sundown in the Paris of the prairies
    Wheat kings have all their treasures buried
    And all you hear are the rusty breezes
    Pushing around the weather vane Jesus

    In his Zippo lighter, he sees the killer's face
    Maybe it's someone standing in a killer's place
    Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new,
    Besides, no one's interested in something you didn't do
    Wheat kings and pretty things,
    let's just see what the morning brings.

    There's a dream where the high school is dead and stark
    It's a museum and we're all locked up in it after dark
    Where the walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
    Hung with pictures of our parents' prime ministers
    Wheat Kings and pretty things,
    wait and see what tomorrow brings.

    Late-breaking story on the CBC,
    A nation whispers, "we always knew that he'd go free"
    They add, "you can't be fond of living in the past,
    'cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last".
    Wheat Kings and pretty things
    let's just see what tomorrow brings
    Wheat kings and pretty things,
    that's what tomorrow brings.

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