One Great City! (Live)-The Weakerthans

[ti:One Great City! (Live)] [ar:The Weakerthans] [al:Live At The Burton Cummings Theatre] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]One Great City! (Live) - The Weakerthans [00:16.47]Late afternoon another day is nearly done [00:19.21] [00:24.15]A darker grey is breaking through a lighter one [00:27.21] [00:32.05]A thousand sharpened elbows in the underground [00:35.57] [00:40.00]That hollow hurried sound of feet on polished floor [00:45.43] [00:47.10]And in the dollar store the clerk is closing up [00:53.40] [00:55.46]And counting loonies trying not to say [00:57.79] [00:59.46]I hate winnipeg [01:02.72] [01:06.36]The driver checks the mirror seven minutes late [01:09.02] [01:14.34]Crowded riders' restlessness enunciates [01:17.11] [01:22.54]The guess who suck the jets were lousy anyway [01:25.19] [01:30.58]The same mood every day [01:32.37] [01:33.94]And in the turning lane [01:36.12] [01:37.87]Someone's stalled again [01:39.88] [01:41.92]He's talking to himself [01:44.28] [01:46.19]And hears the price of gas repeat his phrase [01:48.87] [01:50.45]I hate winnipeg [01:53.51] [02:16.43]Up above us all [02:18.21] [02:20.49]Leaning into sky [02:22.58] [02:24.38]Our golden business boy [02:26.67] [02:28.66]Will watch the north end die [02:30.75] [02:32.46]And sing 'i love this town' [02:34.38] [02:36.59]Then let his arching wrecking ball proclaim [02:39.46] [02:43.07]"I hate winnipeg"