
Date of issue: 28.01.2008
Song language: English
One Great City! |
Late afternoon, another day is nearly done |
A darker grey is breaking through a lighter one |
A thousand sharpened elbows in the underground |
That hollow hurried sound, feet on polished floor |
And in the dollar store, the clerk is closing up |
And counting loonies trying not to say |
I hate Winnipeg |
The driver checks the mirror seven minutes late |
The crowded riders' restlessness enunciates |
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway |
The same route everyday |
And in the turning lane |
Someone’s stalled again |
He’s talking to himself |
And hears the price of gas repeat his phrase |
I hate Winnipeg |
And up above us all |
Leaning into sky |
Our golden business boy |
Will watch the North End die |
And sing, «I love this town» |
Then let his arcing wrecking ball proclaim |
I hate Winnipeg |