Tragically Hip - Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man lyrics

Cor blimey

Cor blimey guvnor I'm the big'un

Cop an eyeful of this muscular arm

Dealing out pain is my kind of fun

Get my drift? I mean real harm

I like the sound of cracking bones

At the sight of blood I thrill

I like to listen to the agonised moans

As I go in for the kill

Tribal wars are raging

There's a battlefield in the street

There's games to play and hell to pay

When the rival tribal rebels meet

I'd rip anybody limb from limb, you see

Chivvy 'em and shivvy 'em through

I'll simply DO any bastard who ain't like me

There's no telling what, why and who

I ain't got a purpose and I don't give a fuck

I never asked for this life

If you're looking for reasons you're out of luck

I'll show you the point with my knife

Tribal wars are raging

No one's safe out on their own

The gangs are about and they scream and shout

So you'd better not be caught alone

I do it cos there ain't nothing else to do

There ain't nowhere'll let me in

I love to hate, to hurt, to screw

So I've destroyed every place where I've been

I smashed up the local so I can't get a beer

At the dancehall I chivvied up this bloke

Left him with a smile cut from ear to ear

But the bleeder never got the joke

Once had a bird but I put her up the spout

So I told her where she could get off

She cried a bit, said I was a lout

But if you're a man you've got to be tough

I used to go down the cafe for tea

But I put me boot through the door

So now it ain't open for the likes of me

And I'm back on the streets like before

Tribal wars are raging

Our heroes are standing tall

But the truth of the matter

If you cut out the patter

Is that pride comes before a fall

They can stand on their corner

With their violence and their hate

Stand there and fester

Till they've left it too late

To realise it's themselves that they've put there on the spot

Cos they've wasted the one and only life that they've got

Tribal wars are raging

Everyone's just acting out bad parts

Hey there, big man, take a look at yourself

It's in the mirror that the real war starts