Fiddler's Green (Alternate Version) - The Tragically Hip

September seventeen For a girl I know, it's mother's day Her son has gone alee And that's where he will stay Wind on the weathervane Tearing blue eyes sailor mean As falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain For a boy in Fiddler's Green His tiny knotted heart Well, I guess it never worked too good The timber tore apart And the water gorged the wood You can hear her whispered prayer For men at masts that always lean The same wind that moves her hair Moves her boy through Fiddler's Green Ah, nothing's change anyway Ah, nothing's change anyway Oh, anytime today He doesn't know a soul There's nowhere that he's really been But he won't travel long alone No, not in Fiddler's Green Balloons all filled with rain As children's eyes turn sleepy-mean And falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain For a boy in Fiddler's Green

If I could look into your mind I might understand what you're trying to find You won't do nothing of the kind And still I don't know who you've been all the time The mirror, it shows a different face A matter of time, a matter of place I know you're gone without a trace Denying your past and rejecting your ways I don't know if you're right I don't know if I'm wrong I don't believe your smiles I'd like us to get along I'm looking for a sign Whenever you're around You're playing a rude game So tell me what's your aim? If I could look into your mind I might understand what you're trying to find You won't do nothing of the kind And still I don't know who you've been all the time The mirror, it shows a different face A matter of time, a matter of place I know you're gone without a trace Denying your past and rejecting your ways You put the blame on me You waste a lot of words You simply can't agree Don't tell me that it hurts The last straw is the load That breakes the camel's back Will you go on this way Forever and a day? If I could look into your mind I might understand what you're trying to find You won't do nothing of the kind And still I don't know who you've been all the time The mirror, it shows a different face A matter of time, a matter of place I know you're gone without a trace Denying your past and rejecting your ways Captured in your dreams A closed book in a shelf You're different than it seems To me and to yourself Like a celtic knot Which couldn't be untied You hear it from below How far do you want to go? If I could look into your mind I might understand what you're trying to find You won't do nothing of the kind And still I don't know who you've been all the time The mirror, it shows a different face A matter of time, a matter of place I know you're gone without a trace Denying your past and rejecting your ways

It's hard to leave your bed The cool and hard summer sheets Hangover hangin' on by the fangs Walk to work on wild feet Get to the back door Look around and turn the key Turn on all the lights Take down the chairs and make things neat Hey there, coffee girl Beautiful and disaffected It was perfect 'til He came along and wrecked it Your favourite mixed tape You popped it into the deck Don't care it's out of date Old Cat Power and classic Beck Beware purveyors of cool With their compacts of one Taking cannons to fools When all you need's a BB gun Hey there, coffee girl (hey there, coffee girl) Beautiful and disaffected It was perfect 'til (it was perfect 'til) He came along and wrecked it One night he'll make you choose I am sorry but he will The hardscape or your shoes When the moon's behind the hill Hey there, coffee girl (hey there, coffee girl) Beautiful and disaffected It was perfect 'til (It was perfect 'til) He came along and wrecked it Hey there, coffee girl (hey there, coffee girl) Hey there, coffee girl (hey there, coffee girl) Hey there, coffee girl (hey there, coffee girl) Hey there, coffee girl