The Tragically Hip

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Ahead By a Century

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Ahead By a Century

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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

And that's when the hornet stung me

And I had a feverish dream

With revenge and doubt

Tonight, we smoke them out

You are ahead by a century

You are ahead by a century

You are ahead by a century

Stare in the mornin' 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

But that's when the hornet stung me

And I had a serious dream

With revenge and doubt

Tonight, we smoke them out

You are ahead by a century

You are ahead by a century

You are ahead by a century

You are ahead by a century

You are ahead by a century

You are ahead by a century

And disappointin' you

Is gettin' me down

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