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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gord Downie
Gord Downie
Composer
Rob Baker
Rob Baker
Composer
Johnny Fay
Johnny Fay
Composer
Paul Langlois
Paul Langlois
Composer
Gord Sinclair
Gord Sinclair
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip
Producer
Mark Vreeken
Mark Vreeken
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
First thing we'd climb a tree and maybe then we'd talk
Or sit silently and listen to our thoughts
With illusions of someday casting a golden light
No dress rehearsal, this is our life
[PreChorus]
And that's where the hornet stung me
And I had a feverish dream
With revenge and doubt
Tonight we smoke them out
[Chorus]
You are ahead by a century (This is our life)
You are ahead by a century (This is our life)
You are ahead by a century
[Verse 2]
Stare in the morning shroud and then the day began
I tilted your cloud, you tilted my hand
Rain falls in real time and rain fell through the night
No dress rehearsal, this is our life
[PreChorus]
But that's when the hornet stung me
And I had a serious dream
With revenge and doubt
Tonight we smoke them out
[Chorus]
You are ahead by a century (This is our life)
You are ahead by a century (This is our life)
You are ahead by a century
[Chorus]
You are ahead by a century (This is our life)
You are ahead by a century (This is our life)
You are ahead by a century
[Outro]
And disappointing you is getting me down
Written by: Gord Downie, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Rob Baker
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