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lyrics
I wake up with the dawn
I pour my decaf coffee
Slip my boots and spandex on
Then sit down
Switch on the CBC
And learn what evil is to be found
Across this land
Needing just a superhero's hand
But there's never any sign of grave danger here at home
Rescue kids and their bears
But mostly I save kitties
'Cause damsels in distress are scarce
And that's why
I'm one good day away
From standing in the pogey line
With all my friends
Not really how I thought this job would end
Watching reruns of Degrassi in slippers waiting word
The Cold War
Was good times
Saving maple syrup lovers
From certain nuclear demise
Then the FLQ
But I could have zapped Trudeau
For pushing that whole Charter thing through
And still I'm here
But what I've left to do is now unclear
So my capes are frayed and tattered and I cannot buy more
But I won't pack it in
Despite more than forty years
I've tried to help the Leafs to win
So this day
I'm trading tights for ties
Campaigning for Elizabeth May
I've weighed the flaws
But a superhero's lost without a cause
And I'm told there's lots of work in Alberta's oil sands
credits
from Ballad of a Canadian Superhero,
released December 9, 2011
music and lyrics::Bri-anne Swan
produced::Mitch "King Kong" Girio
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