Listen to It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken' by The Tragically Hip

It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken'

The Tragically Hip

Rock

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip

Musician

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Gord Downie

Composer

Rob Baker

Composer

Johnny Fay

Composer

Paul Langlois

Composer

Gord Sinclair

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Hugh Padgham

Producer

Oswald Wiz Bowe

Oswald Wiz Bowe

Assistant Recording Engineer

Alex Dixon

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When the color of the night

And all the smoke for one life

Gives way to shaky movements

Improvisational skills

A forest of whispering speakers

Let's swear that we will

Get with the times

In a current health to stay

Let's get friendship right

Get life day-to-day

In the forget-your-skates dream

Full of countervailing woes

In diverse-as-ever scenes

Proceeding on a need-to-know

In a face so full of meanin'

As to almost make it glow

[Verse 2]

Oh, for a good life, we just might have to weaken

And find somewhere to go

Go somewhere we're needed

Find somewhere to grow

Grow somewhere we're needed

[Verse 3]

When the color of the night

And all the smoke for one life

Gives way to shaky movements

Improvisational skills

A forest of whispering speakers

Let's swear that we will

Get with the times

In a current health to stay

Let's get friendship right

Get life day-to-day

In the forget-yer-skates dream

Full of countervailing woes

In diverse-as-ever scenes

Proceeding on a need-to-know

In a face so full of meanin'

As to almost make it glow

[Verse 4]

Oh for a good life, we just might have to weaken

And find somewhere to go

Go somewhere we're needed

Find somewhere to grow

Grow somewhere were needed

Find somewhere to grow

Let's go somewhere we're needed

Find somewhere to grow

We grow where we are needed

'Cause In the forget-yer-skates dream

You can hang your head in woe

And this diverse-as-ever scene

Written by: Gord Downie, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Rob Baker

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