The Tragically Hip: Fly

seventy days to cross the ocean
seventy nights where no one's gonna hear me fall
Freddie Mercury, i've sometimes wished
i'd never been born at all (that's right)

i remain unphotographed, yeah
i don't exaggerate my intelligence
i might turn a broom into a tree
but i'll never be one of them (that's right)

i fly-y-y-y-y-y
cause there's no why in getting beaten up by
a guy-y-y-y-y-y
who cries before he fights

i don't want them to see me like this
the way they like to kick people when they're down
you said, 'please stop worrying about this'
'they stop kicking once you're down' (that's right)

there's Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
there's Moonbeam Ontari-ari-o
there are places i've never been
and always wanted to go (that's right)

fly-y-y-y-y
cause woe betide a guy who just lives to fight
fly-y-y-y-y-y
love is to try die trying

fly-y-y, yeah that's right
fly-y-y-y, yeah that's right
try-y-y-y
love is to try die trying

coastline rising out of the ocean
coastline rises like a pair of glowing thighs
there's something down deep inside me says
where you been all my life

fly-y-y-y-y-y
turn your back, get your face in the sky
fly-y-y-y-y-y
love is to try die trying
try-y-y-y-y
left and right, across your mind
try-y-y-y-y
love is to try and die trying
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==Notes==
;Freddie Mercury, i've sometimes wished i'd never been born at all
:Throughout 2004 and 2005, a rant featuring a line from Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," and referencing that bands legendary lead, emerged during a few songs, most notably; Poets: "Seventy days to cross the ocean/Seventy nights when no one's gunna hear you fall/Like Freddie Mercury/I sometimes too wish I'd never been born at all." It appeared twice during The Hip's July 2 "Live 8" performance in Barrie, Ontario. Corby Hart notes that migrants traveling from Bohemia (modern day Czech Republic/German border region) often took about 70 days to cross the Ocean. The Concord, originating in Rotterdam, launched from London in 1683 and landed in Philadelphia (Germantown) 76 days later.

:Freddie Mercury from an online encyclopedia you mighta heard of: "Freddie Mercury was a British Asian songwriter and singer, best known as the frontman for the British rock band Queen. He was noted for his powerful vocal abilities and his charisma as a live performer. As a songwriter, he composed many international hits such as "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Are The Champions". Mercury died from complications of AIDS, greatly increasing awareness of the disease.
:(Source: http://www.hipmuseum.com/index.html)

* One can find an early version of Fly on the live DVD '''That Night in Toronto''' that is part of the '''Hipeponymous''' box set, during the obligatory Hundredth Meridian rant:
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seventy days to cross the ocean
seventy nights where no one's gonna hear you fall
Freddie Mercury I sometimes too wish I'd never been born at all

flyyyy
come out of the ocean blowin
flyyyy
the coastline, we see thee rise
the coastline, we see thee rise
flyyyy, high, oh fly
flyyyy, take your place in the sky
flyyyy, make Canadian lines
flyyyy, try, try, and die trying