38 Years Old - The Tragically Hip

Lyrics by：The Tragically Hip/Gordon Edgar Downie/Rob Baker/Johnny Fay/Paul Langlois/Gord Sinclair

Composed by：The Tragically Hip/Gordon Edgar Downie/Rob Baker/Johnny Fay/Paul Langlois/Gord Sinclair

Twelve men broke loose in 73

From Milhaven 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

The last thing they'd wanna do is hang around here

They mostly came from towns with long French names

But one of the dozen was a hometown shame

Same pattern on the table same clock on the wall

Been one seat empty 18 years in all

Freezing slow time away from the world

He's 38 years old never kissed a girl

He's 38 years old never kissed a girl

We were sitting round table heard the telephone ring

Father said he'd tell me if he saw anything

Heard the tap on the window in the middle of the night

Held back the curtains for my older brother Mike

See my sister got ***** 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

They still stare at their shoes when they pass our place

My mother cried the horror has finally ceased

He whispered yeah for the time being at least

Over his shoulder on the squad car megaphone

Said let's go Michael son we're taking you home

Same pattern on the table same clock on the wall

Been one seat empty 18 years in all

Freezing slow time away from the world

He's 38 years old never kissed a girl

He's 38 years old never kissed a girl

He's 38 years old never kissed a girl