Music Video
The Tragically Hip - At The Hundredth Meridian (Official Video)
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Tragically Hip
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gord Downie
Composer
Johnny Fay
Composer
Paul Langlois
Composer
Gord Sinclair
Composer
Rob Baker
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Chris Tsangarides
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Me debunk an American myth
And take my life in my hands
Where the great plains begin
At the hundredth meridian, at the hundredth meridian
Where the great plains begin
[Verse 2]
Drivin' down a corduroy road (Crashin' through the window)
Weeds standing shoulder high (Through the window)
Ferris wheel is rusting off in the distance
At the hundredth meridian, at the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian
Where the great plains begin
[Verse 3]
Left alone to get gigantic
Hard, huge, and haunted
A generation so much dumber than it's parents
Came crashin' through the window (Through the window)
A raven strains along the line of a road
Carryin' a muddy, old skull
The wires whistle their approval
Off down the distance
At the hundredth meridian, at the hundredth meridian
(You're gonna miss this)
At the hundredth meridian
Where the great plains begin
[Verse 4]
(At the hundredth meridian) At the hundredth meridian
(At the hundredth meridian) At the hundredth meridian
(You're gonna miss this) At the hundredth meridian
Where the great plains begin
[Verse 5]
I remember, I remember Buffalo
And I remember Hengalo
It would seem to me, I remember
Every single fuckin' thing I know
[Verse 6]
If I die of vanity, promise me, promise me
They bury me some place I don't wanna be
You'll dig me up and transport me, unceremoniously
Away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees
Whispers of disease, acts of enormity
And lower me slowly and sadly and properly
Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy
[Verse 7]
At the hundredth meridian (Hundredth meridian)
At the hundredth meridian (You're gonna miss this)
At the hundredth meridian
Where the great plains begin
[Verse 8]
(At the hundredth meridian) At the hundredth meridian
(At the hundredth meridian) At the hundredth meridian
(Baby, you're gonna miss this) At the hundredth meridian
Where the great plains begin
Written by: Gord Downie, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Rob Baker
