Exiles Among You Lyrics - Singles - The Weakerthans

Body is a difficult sister 

And she loves her 

And hides her somewhere in herself 

Safe from harm 

She's barely coasting into a paycheck 

Stuck on empty 

Her blue eyes frozen green 

In the low-lit ATM 

I need a way 

To measure the distance 

I need a way to say why 

Out of breath or out of key 

Her voice resonated in me 

Wish on everything 

Pray that she remains 

Proud and strange 

And so hopelessly hopeful 

Her body is a difficult sister 

And she loves her 

And hides her somewhere in herself 

Safe from harm 

Her night shift is over 

She's writing 

You a postcard 

To say that she's okay 

And it's raining there again 

My fury's rising faster 

Than bus-fares 

Could someone clarify why 

There's no structured narrative? 

No neat story-line to explain? 

Wish on everything 

Pray that she remains 

Proud and strange 

And so hopelessly hopeful 

Wishes and prayers are the way 

Wish on everything 

Pray that she remains 

Proud and strange 

And so hopelessly hopeful 

She shoplifts some Christmas gifts 

And a bracelet for herself 

And considers phoning home 

Has some quarters in her hand 

But she sits down on the sidewalk 

And bites her bottom lip 

And spends the afternoon 

Willing traffic-lights 

To change