It's cold on the streets tonight
as we walk from place to place
the blue halo of TV screens
hit the sidewalk and the side of your face
you say this used to be the capital
now it's just a town of neon signs
you say innocence is for those who believe
that the guilty just didn't pay at the door
and you say "where, did it go
my hometown's halo"
so you look under the soles of your shoes
and say "yes yes yesterday's got nothing to lose"
taxi driver's making conversation
says he was a doctor in Lebanon
now he's got four kids and an accent
and Montreal in February
then he drops us off at the corner
says "may god be with us always,
everyone has a price to pay
but you don't realize how much some of us have to pay"
I say "where, did it go
my country's halo"
so I look under the soles of my shoes
and say "yes yes yesterday's got nothing to lose"
yes we've read the bible
it's one of the best stories I've read
a good story's like a shaman
that can make us believe in anything
but every shaman has a twin
the kind that leaves families broken
where one tries to hold up a light
the other claims that there's was stolen
they say "where, did it go
my father's halo"
so they look under the soles of their shoes
and say "yes yes yesterday's got nothing to lose"
credits
from What the Boat Gave the River,
released September 18, 2008
Banjo, voice - David Martel
Acoustic guitar, voice - Dan Mangan
Cello - Jaige Trudel
Acoustic guitar - Adam Broome
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