The Tragically Hip:Long Time Running

does your mother tell you things
long, long when i'm gone
who you talking to
is she telling you i'm the one

it's a grave mistake
and i'm wide awake

drive-in's rained out
weatherman wet-fingers the sky
he pokes it out, he pulls it in
he don't know why

it's the same mistake
it's been a long time running
it's been a long time coming
it's well worth the wait

we don't go anywhere
just on trips
we haven't seen a thing
we still don't know where it is

it's a safe mistake
it's been a long time running
it's been a long time coming
well, well it's all the same mistake
dead to rights and wide awake
i'll drop a caribou
i'll tell on you, i'll tell on you
i'll tell on you

you've got a boatload of nerve
but i would say you've been told
you work me against my friends and you'll get-
you'll get left out in the cold

it's the same mistake
it's been a long time running
it's been a long time coming
it's been a long long long time running
it's well worth the wait.