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River Don't Care

from Away Is Mine by Gord Downie

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lyrics

I write about words.
try and make them sound like my
thoughts of nature will still accept me
No matter what I want

Um River don’t care
What you write for it
Your throw-away thoughts where
you cast into it
what you want into it

I don’t care about nature
Nature don’t care about it
I throw all I had at it
ineffable shit
the pain, the blood and spit

It’s all invitation
to be indiscreet
to suck and blow at the same time
to work both sides of the street

River don’t care.
yes what I write for it
your throwaway thoughts.
what you cast for it
what you pour into it

I don’t care about nature
Nature don’t care about me
I throw all I had at it
ineffable shit, pain, blood & spit

I can’t love you now
I cannot be that guy
I couldn’t do what you do
I can not I cannot not to try

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from Away Is Mine, released October 16, 2020

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Gord Downie Toronto, Ontario

Gordon Downie was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from their formation in 1984 until his passing in 2017.

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