Exiles Among You-The Weakerthans

[ti:Exiles Among You] [ar:The Weakerthans] [al:Left And Leaving] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Exiles Among You - The Weakerthans [00:09.80]Body is a difficult sister [00:12.33] [00:13.25]And she loves her [00:14.58] [00:17.78]And hides her somewhere in herself [00:20.21] [00:21.34]Safe from harm [00:22.65] [00:26.09]She's barely coasting into a paycheck [00:28.99] [00:29.74]Stuck on empty [00:31.33] [00:34.87]Her blue eyes frozen green [00:36.19]In the low lit atm [00:39.50] [00:43.29]I need a way [00:44.19]To measure the distance [00:46.17] [00:47.54]I need a way to say why [00:50.05] [00:50.65]Out of breath or out of key [00:54.24] [00:54.96]Her voice resonated in me [00:59.68] [01:00.36]Wish on everything [01:03.58] [01:04.40]Pray that she remains [01:07.97] [01:08.77]Proud and strange [01:10.37]And so hopelessly hopeful [01:14.09] [01:15.42]Her body is a difficult sister [01:18.49] [01:19.22]And she loves her [01:20.64] [01:23.87]And hides her somewhere in herself [01:26.24] [01:27.39]Safe from harm [01:28.87] [01:32.62]Her night shift is over [01:34.02]She's writing [01:35.14] [01:35.96]You a postcard [01:37.89] [01:40.73]To say that she's okay [01:42.20]And it's raining there again [01:45.51] [01:49.23]My fury's rising faster [01:51.09]Than bus fares [01:52.40] [01:53.49]Could someone clarify why [01:55.98] [01:56.77]There's no structured narrative [02:00.27] [02:00.82]No neat story line to explain [02:05.49] [02:06.39]Wish on everything [02:09.80] [02:10.35]Pray that she remains [02:14.04] [02:14.75]Proud and strange [02:16.56]And so hopelessly hopeful [02:20.28] [02:21.41]Wishes and prayers are the way [02:23.74]Wish on everything [02:26.29] [02:27.51]Pray that she remains [02:31.09] [02:31.76]Proud and strange [02:33.56]And so hopelessly hopeful [02:37.42] [02:59.38]She shoplifts some christmas gifts [03:02.01] [03:03.26]And a bracelet for herself [03:05.08] [03:08.59]And considers phoning home [03:10.65] [03:14.70]Has some quarters in her hand [03:18.54] [03:20.52]But she sits down on the sidewalk [03:22.84] [03:25.10]And bites her bottom lip [03:26.75] [03:29.83]And spends the afternoon [03:32.25] [03:35.98]Willing traffic lights [03:38.22]To change