Hip Tragically 38 Years Old Lyrics

38 Years Old Lyrics

Twelve men broke loose in Seventy-Three
From Millhaven maximum
security
Twelve pictures lined up, across the front page
Seems the
Mounties had a summertime war to wage
The chief told the people they had
nothing to fear
Said, "The last thing they wanna do is stick around
here"
They mostly came from towns with long French names
But one of
the dozen was a hometown shame.

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Same pattern on the
table
Same clock on the wall
Been one seat empty, eighteen years in
all
Freezing slow time, away from the world
He's 38 year's old, never
kissed a girl

We were sitting round the table, heard the telephone
ring
Father said he tell em if he saw anything
Heard the tap on my window
in the middle of the night
Held back the curtain for my older brother
Mike

See my sister got raped, so a man got killed
Local boy went to
prison, man's buried on the hill
Folks went back to normal when they closed
the case
But they still stare at their shoes when they pass our
place

My mother cried, "The horror has finally ceased"
He
whispered,"Yea for the time being at least"
Over her shoulder, on
the squad car megaphone
Said,"Let's go Michael, son, we're taking you
home."

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