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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gordon Edgar Downie
Gordon Edgar Downie
Composer
Bobby Baker
Bobby Baker
Composer
John Fay
John Fay
Composer
Gord Sinclair
Gord Sinclair
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Don Smith
Don Smith
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Zoo lion sobers up and starts to scream and shout
Little dose of home-fire got him all smoothed out
Melancholy wine-soaked tenderness
She hated it here, or she couldn't care less
[Verse 2]
Prison-yard stares and fleur-de-is tattoos
Cannibals are saving all their bones for soup
Eating with my fingers and sucking hulls of ships
My parasite don't deserve no better than this
[Verse 3]
Ho-ho-ho
[Verse 4]
The Golden Rim Motor Inn
Soft water and a color TV
So consumed with the shape I'm in
Can't enjoy the luxury
The luxury
[Verse 5]
She said, why are you partial to that Playboy con
When you can see me naked anytime you want?
If I had loads of money to make me tame and sour
I could pay you to remind me of my baby by the hour
[Verse 6]
Yeah, zoo lion sobers up and starts to scream and shout
A little dose of home-fire got him all smoothed out
If this is where it all starts getting good
Then I'll be here waiting for you, like I said I would
[Verse 7]
Ho-ho-ho
[Verse 8]
The Golden Rim Motor Inn
Soft water and a color TV
So consumed with the shape I'm in
Can't enjoy the luxury
The luxury
The luxury
Ho-ho-ho
Written by: Bobby Baker, Gord Sinclair, Gordon Edgar Downie, John Fay
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