Come into my home
There’s a key inside the mailbox
It’s lonesome out on the road
Late at night when the memories talk
And when I’m gone
Feed the pigeons on my windowsill
They’ve been thriving so long
Through the deepest nights
and darkest chills

Take what I know
But don’t you follow in my footsteps, kid
That’s how you get low
Spelunking to the same depths I did
Don’t take what they sell
You’ve been working at a dead end dream
And I hope it goes well
‘Cause we could use
any light you’ve seen...

Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
I’ve been following the only road
I’ve ever known
But it’s now closed
It’s been bulldozed
How will I ever find
My way back home?

My way back...

Won’t you look at me now
I’m talking like a bitter old man
When I feel like a child
Grasping at any straws I can
Oh, what’s the use
Of living long or burning out fast
If you waste all your time
Clinging to a disappearing past

Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
I’ve been following the only road
I’ve ever known
But it’s now closed
It’s been bulldozed
And how will I ever
Show my face back home?

Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
I’ve been following the only road
I was ever shown
But it’s now closed
It’s been bulldozed
How can I ever find
My way back home?

My way back…
My way back home.

If I die you can have my eyes
Take this heart and go forth with it
Open, wide
And if I fall from where I stood
Won’t you tell me when I’m leaving
That I left some good
Won’t you tell me
It was worth it?

It was worth it if we didn’t see it through
It was worth it when I think of you
It was worth it, Lord, it was worth it
It was worth it if we didn’t get it right
It was worth it through the sleepless nights
Wondering if it was worth it

And if I’m struck down in the street
May it happen where that I can see
The cherry blossoms, blowing
In the cool, spring breeze
In High Park where we used to eat
Those clementines in spirals
Peeled with such an ease
When everything was worth it

It was worth it when our love was new
It was worth it when I looked at you
It was worth it, darlin, it was worth it
It was worth it if we didn’t get it right
It was worth it through the cruelest fights
Holding our ground ‘cause it was worth it

It was worth it if we didn’t see it through
It was worth it when I think of you
It was worth it, darlin’ it was worth it
It was worth it if we didn’t get it right
It was worth it through the sleepless nights
Wondering if it was worth it

If it was worth it...

I’m looking for a place to land
A safe port to rest my head
With a warm & soft, inviting bed
A place to go when things get out of hand

I’m looking for a place to hide
A space where I’ll get back in tune
A dark cave to lick my wounds
Without the judging eyes of the outside
I’m looking for a place to hide

I’m looking for a place to fall
A plot where I can plant my roots
In shallow soil that I can move
A space composed of more than
These four walls

I’m looking for a place to leave
When it no longer feels like home
When I’m yearning for a land to roam
When there’s nothing really left to grieve
I’m looking for a place to leave

I’m looking for a place to leave

Don’t want to feel like I need to deceive you
To be who I need

The bigger you are
The harder you fall
When the goin’ gets tough
Look at you so small
You’ve been living in a past
They never cast

If you want to settle down
Tell me, how we gonna stay in this town?
You’ve been living in a scene
That’s long lost steam

It’s a sight unseemly
And it haunts your dreams
If you ever wanna take it to me
I can take it / can’t take it anymore

If you wanna love
Don’t hold back just dive into the flood
If you wanna love
Don’t you drag your kite on through the mud
I don’t ever want to drag you down
Come back to me
I don’t ever want to drag you down
Down down down down
Come back ‘round!

The more that you see
The less that you know
Don’t you think it’s getting time
That you’re letting go?
You’ve been shying it away
For a brighter day

If you want to live in the now
Don’t you think it’s getting time
You started learning how
You’ve been savin’ all your steam
For a gas machine

It’s a sight unseemly
And it haunts your dreams
If you wanna take it to me
I can take it / Can’t take it anymore!

I’ve been driving along the painted highways
Gonna see you when I’m there
I’ve been driving along the painted highways
Said to see you when I’m there

And it’s been a long time
Far too long

And I’m blinded by the headlights
Shining through the prism of the rain
And I’ve got this old song
My father used to sing
Running through my scattered brain

And I’ve been down this road before
It leads right to your front porch
Where we made promises
We let ourselves believe
That never held true

And it’s been a long time
Far too long

And I could’ve done better by you
There’s no doubt left in my mind
I’ve been running
Chasing every falling star
Just until they lose their shine

And it’s been a long time
Far too long

He throws down his guitar
Says I’ve had enough of it
This world is hard enough
Without our sad, bullshit

She stumbles down the hall
And finds the quiet comfort in a song
And everybody sings along
She sings the kind of thing
To makes the madness in our minds
Feel OK
Whatever gets you through the day

She sings the kind of song
To ease the monsters that we find
Lurking down
In the shadows of our hearts
Whatever gets you to the part
Where everybody sings along
And everybody sings along

‘Cause they can’t do anything else
They can’t do anything else
No, they can’t do anything else
As long as they can find another road
As long as they can find another road
That they’ve never been down

He haunts these creaky halls
But if he’s honest
It don’t come as a surprise
He’s looking back up to the skies

And those same old streets
That used to call her home
How leave her feeling so alone
She’s looking back up to the skies

And he knows his clothes are stinkin’
But he hasn’t got it in him to go out
To the laundry down the street

And she knows that he’s been drinking
But he’ll stop it on the Monday of next week
Whatever lets your get to sleep
And everybody plays along
And everybody plays along

‘Cause they can’t do anything else
No they can’t do anything else
No, they can’t do anything else
As long as they can find another road
As long as they can find another road
That you’ve never been down

And they’ll take you down
If you’ve never been down

Get up
Put your feet on the floor
Slam a coffee
Brush your teeth
Get yourself out the door
You gotta get to work
While everyone’s asleep
The whole world is in a mess
One burning garbage heap
You got to let it go
Son, it’s time to start the show
Get your head back in the game
It don’t matter how your feeling
The work is still the same

Buck up
The pain is in your head
You can’t live like all your heroes
When all your heroes are dead
Turn the lamp on in your eyes
Smile and listen to them mope
The whole world is telling lies
But they’re disguised as hope
You better not let them down
Or they won’t want to keep you around
There’s always someone to blame
Whether you’re taking
Whether you’re receiving
The work is still the same

Look up

You’re not in this alone

You’ve always got your friends

They’re in your pocket

In your phone

Wait for them to come to you

If you really want to freeze to death

The whole world is feeling blue

Far from its final breath

Hold a mirror to their light

Reflect it on the darkest night

You can’t control how they reframe

We can live in fury

We can live in healing

But the work is still the same

Winnipeg, been so long
Since I’ve been near you
We always got along
But I always kind of feared you
So Winnie, hold me close
Honey, hold me tight
You keep me at a distance
It don't feel alright
And I keep you at a distance
It don’t feel alright

So when you gonna stop
Loving dreamers like me
Maybe not tonight
But eventually
Said: how’s it going to end?
And you said: Let’s see...
You won’t break my heart
But You might break me
You won’t break my heart

But You might break me
And You might break me
And You might break me
And You might break me...

For the stargazing child
Who dreamt of the sea
You’re about as far away
As a lover could be
Don’t it always happen
When the river runs deep
When we fall for the ones
That we never could keep
We fall for the ones
That we never could keep

Winnipeg, please
Won’t you let me explain?
Only got a hundred different words
For a million types of pain
I never meant to hurt you
Never tried to deceive
Sometimes it takes a weak one
To finally leave
Sometimes it takes a weak one
To finally leave

And it might take me
It might take me
And it might break me.
It might break me
But I gotta leave

And it might break me.
It might break me
It might break me
But I gotta leave

I gotta leave

I gotta leave

For the stargazing child
Who dreamt of the sea
You’re about as far away
As a lover could be...

There’s a shine on the horizon
Nimbus forming overhead
And we’ve both got our eyes on
Someone else’s bed
And we can’t find each other
That part’s painfully clear
The party is everywhere
But it’s not here

Dirty water in the kitchen
The sponge has grown sour
And you’d plant our little garden
But you’d kill every flour
And I could do no better
As when you called me my dear
The party is everywhere
But it’s not here

It got dark and it grew cold
So I found somebody warm
If it was always in my nature
How could I do such harm?
And I hate how much it hurt you
But it was the highlight of my year
The party is everywhere
But it’s not here

I smoked my last one today
Out on the Leslie Street Spit
Standing on a man-made beach
Of discarded bricks
Polished by the lake
That felt just like an ocean
I may not not know the stakes
But I have a notion
And my friends say
You can’t play the game
Without causing a commotion

You held my hand
As the sun went down
Over the silhouette of our city
And the wind blew cold
You slipped a hand in my pocket
Still had that old electricity
Looking at you
The golden light adorning
I wish we could ignore
The hazards and the warnings
But you can’t forget
The coyotes in the evening
And be a rabbit in the morning

I smoked my last one today
The last time I’m gonna quit
I know I’ve said this before
But this time it’s gonna stick
I was caught up in the wake
That felt just like an ocean
I didn’t know the stakes
I was chasing an emotion
And friends, I gotta say
You can’t make a change
Without causing a commotion

And the sumac grows
In sumac groves
And the sumac grows
In sumac groves

Under the silhouette of our city
Under the silhouette of our city
Under the silhouette of our city
Still had that old electricity
Still had that old electricity
Under the silhouette of our city.