Steven Page Trio - Live in Concert

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"There's a Melody II" plays

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There's a melody somewhere inside of me I can hear it but can't get it out of me In my head it is soaring, but when it comes out it, is all the same note There's a melody somewhere inside of me I can hear it but can't get it out of me In my head, it is soaring, but when it comes out, it is all the same note There's a melody somewhere inside of me I can hear it but can't get it out of me In my head, it is soaring, but when it comes out, it is all the same note Instinct and discipline Like taking your medicine You gotta push through the unpleasantness Give it some time Just let it go Just close your eyes And soon you will know Give it some time Just let it go Just close your eyes And soon you will know

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Keep going Keep going Keep going Keep going Keep going Give it some time Keep going Just let it go Keep going Just close your eyes Keep going And soon you will know There's a melody... Give it some time I can hear it... Just let it go In my head it is soaring Just close your eyes But when it comes out, it is all the same note And soon you will know There's a melody somewhere inside of me I can hear it but can't get it out of me In my head, it is soaring, but when it comes out, it is all the same note There's a melody... Keep going Somewhere inside of me I can hear it Keep going But can't get it out of me In my head, it is soaring Keep going But when it comes out, it is all the same note There's a melody...

Give it some time I can hear it... Just let it go In my head, it is soaring Just close your eyes But when it comes out, it is all the same note And soon you will know There's a melody... Give it some time I can hear it... Just let it go In my head, it is soaring Just close your eyes But when it comes out, it is all the same note You There's a melody somewhere Will There's a melody right here, I Know

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"Jane" plays

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The girl works at the store, sweet Jane St. Clair Was dazzled by her smile while I shopped there It wasn't long before I lived with her I sang her songs while she dyed my hair Jane, divided, but I can't decide which side I'm on Jane decided only cowards stay, while traitors run Jane Jane

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I'd bring her gold and frankincense and myrrh She thought that I was just making fun of her She made me feel I was 14 again That's why she thinks it's cooler if we'd just stay friends Jane Doesn't think a man could ever be faithful Jane Isn't giving me a chance to be shameful Jane Ooh, ooh Jane I wrote a letter, she should have got it yesterday That life could be better by being together Is what I cannot explain to Jane

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The girl works at the store, sweet Jane St. Clair Still dazzled by her smile while I shop there Still dazzled by her smile while I shoplift there The girl works at the store, sweet Jane St. Clair No promises as vague as Heaven No promises as vague as Heaven No Juliana next to my Evan Jane Desired by the people at her school and work Jane Is tired 'cause every man becomes a lovesick jerk Jane Na da da Ooh, ooh Jane Come on

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Thank you very much!

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Welcome to the show! How are you? Good! Don't let the cameras scare you.

We have a little bit of lighting on you, as well, which is weird. Means I get to see you. And I love what I see. Have you met my friends?

On guitar, Mr. Craig Northey.

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All the way from Vancouver, British Columbia. On the cello, originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, now of beautiful and glamorous Hamilton, Ontario, Mr. Kevin Fox.

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"Manchild" plays

There's wisdom In every little thing you say And I'm wrong And getting wronger every day I need you Oh, you know I'll never break your heart I hear you Could you repeat the last part? Darling You're talking to a man now You're talking to a man now, child Speak slowly Speak slowly Sweetheart What do you think I do all day? I make art When inspiration blows my way Oh, oh, the shouting That's right Well, I'm getting kind of used to that But this doubting my intentions Well, honey, that just makes me sad Oh, darling Darling You're talking to a manchild A manchild You're talking to a Manchild now Speak slowly Speak slowly Darling Darling You're talking to a manchild A manchild You're talking to a Manchild now Speak slowly Speak slowly Ah-ooh You ask for conversation Ah-ooh Then ask for understanding Sha-la-la-la And then you say Ah-ooh You want a man, yeah Sha-la-la-la-la Now look how hard I'm trying I let you watch me crying I'm just like you, but I'm a man Yes, I am, and I can't help but love you so

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I know you You think I'm just a lazy jerk But I miss you Babe, when you're away at work, oh-oh And genius That's right It can strike a man at any time So I'll just be here waiting Now could we Cut it with the heavy sighs? Oh, darling Darling You're talking to a manchild A manchild You're talking to a Manchild now Speak slowly Speak slowly Darling Darling You're talking to a manchild A manchild You're talking to a manchild now Speak slowly Speak slowly

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So, um, I live in the United States now, which was not something I ever envisioned myself doing, but I live there. I married a woman who's American, and I've learned that there are differences between Americans and Canadians, which we are all taught here in Canada...

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...but there are a lot of similarities, too. So, one day when I was sitting, looking at my phone, and I saw a bunch of yahoos marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, chanting... "Jews will not replace us!"... the first thing I thought was, "That could happen anywhere at this time in history.

This could happen in Canada. This could happen anywhere in the United States. It's happening in Europe." And the second thing I thought was... "I'm a Jew.

I would totally replace those guys!"

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So I wrote this song.

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It's about to get nice It's about to get real nice Right now Right now Don't it make you swell with pride To learn there's bigotry on many sides? White noise Oh, yeah White noise Oh, yeah Apparently, to fix your nation You've got to run it like a corporation The kind you don't mind burning to the ground I've had to learn to bite my tongue Or they'll send me back where I came from I'm telling you as an immigrant and a Jew That I'd be more than glad to replace you

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Throw away the Bill of Rights For anyone who isn't white White noise Right now White noise Right now Let's have a second Civil War Let's have a second Civil War That's what the Second Amendment's for White noise Oh, yeah White noise Oh, yeah Said the snowflake to the nationalist "I won't cease till you desist" "You raise your flag, I'll raise my fist" "Resist, resist, resist!"

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I've had to learn to bite my tongue Or they'll send me back where I came from I'm telling you as an immigrant and a Jew That I'd be more than glad to replace you Ohhh! Aah! White noise White noise White noise White noise White noise

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As captain of this band of merry sailors, I'm a black mark, I'm a failure, but before you watch me drown I'm relinquishing command for something I don't understand This man's about to turn his whole life upside down I set a course for a new shore New shore It looked the same as the one before And I And I forgot what I'd been sailing for And why I thought this time would be different I do most of this by feeling, let go of the wheel, the constellations do the navigation on their own Whilst yearning for adventure, dreading censure in absentia I would rather be at sea than be alone I set a course for a new shore New shore It looked the same as the one before And I And I forgot what I'd been sailing for And why I thought this time would be different Off the charts we drew They said there wasn't anything but fairy tales I showed them it was you I told them you were everything A fairy tale could be The boat sails by Mm, mm, mm The shore remains, and so do I I swear this time will be different

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I settled here on a new shore New shore My lips were blue, and my legs were sore And I forget if I was pushed or I jumped overboard And after all this time, what's the difference? Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Oooooooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ahhhhhh

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Land ho! Land ho! Land ho! Land ho!

Land ho! Land ho! Land ho! Land ho!

Land ho! Land ho! Land ho! Land ho!

Land ho! Land ho! Land ho! Land ho!

Land ho!

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"War on Drugs" plays

She likes to sleep with the radio on So she can dream of her favorite song The one that no one has ever sung since she Was small She'll never know that she made it up She had a soul, and we ate it up Blown away like a paper cup The music falls The only flaw in her detailed plan Is where she wins back the love of her man Everyone knows that he's never coming back He took her heart, and she took his name He couldn't stand taking all the blame He left her only with guilt and shame, and then She cracked Won't it be dull When we rid ourselves of all these demons haunting us To keep us company? In the dream I refuse to have She falls asleep in a lukewarm bath We're left to deal with the aftermath again On behalf of humanity I will fight for your sanity How profound such profanity can be Won't it be dull When we rid ourselves of all these demons haunting us To keep us company? Won't it be odd To be happy like we always thought we're supposed to feel But never seem to be? Near where I live, there's a viaduct Where people jump when they're out of luck Raining down on the cars and trucks below They put a net there to catch their fall Like that'll stop anyone at all What they don't know is when nature calls, you go Yeah, you go They say that Jesus and mental health Are just for those who can help themselves What good is that when you live in Hell on Earth?

From the very fear that makes you want to die Is just the same as what keeps you alive Oh, it's way more trouble than some suicide is worth Won't it be dull When we rid ourselves of all these demons haunting us To keep us company? Won't it be odd To be happy like we always thought we're supposed to feel But never seem to be? Hard to admit I fought the war on drugs My hands were tied, and the phone was bugged Another died, and the world just shrugged it off

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Thank you. So, I know you knew you were coming for a selection of both new songs and old Barenaked Ladies ones, but you probably didn't know you were just coming for a collection of the most obscure and depressing ones.

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It was an odd demand by public television, but I'm up for it.

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No, I'm not just about the obscure, depressing ones. No. I like the up-tempo ones. I like to feel good.

I think there's a time and a place. I just read an article a couple days ago that people who are depressed actually feel better after listening to sad songs, and I believe that. I think that's true, 'cause, you know, if I'm depressed, which I am sometimes, if you were to play "Kokomo" for me, I think that might push me over the edge.

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Have you guys noticed that there's somebody else onstage now? What the...?

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This is -- He flew all the way from England to be here.

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It's the youngest member of our group, this young Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.

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00 shadow. Tally-ho, then. It's Liam McKinnon. He is from England.

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Actually from real England!

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"Gravity" plays

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So this is how the whole world ends When all mankind at last repents For self-appointed governments that make no sense And hence we're no longer Wise to the lies?

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I pay no mind to scientists Who hide the truth behind a mist Of fancy words and Mayan twists We can't believe you're buying this Because you were wrong We knew you were wrong Yes, all along, we knew you were wrong We sing this song to prove you were wrong If you were wrong, we knew all along And all I can be Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh Is what God tells me to be And now we live in a world where they've outlawed gravity Ohh, ohh, ohh Yeah, we live in a world where they've outlawed gravity

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Pythagoras and Copernicus Just mortal men like the rest of us We let them get the best of us Now we've failed God's test of us Because we were wrong We knew we were wrong Yes, all along, we knew we were wrong We sing this song to prove we were wrong But we got strong from being so wrong And all I can see Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh Is what God tells me to see And now we live in a world where they've outlawed gravity Ohh, ohh, ohh Yeah, we live in a world where they outlawed gravity

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Calculus and astronomy They pale aside to Deuteronomy We banned the drugs and the sodomy That's how we fixed the economy Because we were wrong We knew we were wrong Yes, all along, we knew we were wrong We sing this song to prove we were wrong Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! And all I can be Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh Is what God tells me to be And now we live in a world where they've outlawed gravity Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh Yeah, we live in a world where they've outlawed gravity Hey! Gravity! Goodbye!

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Oh, if He wanted you to know the answer Don't you think you'd have the cure for cancer? If God wanted you to know the answer Don't you think you'd have the cure for cancer?! Hey!

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Craig Northey on the guitar.

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Back in the day... I used to get recognized a lot when I'd go out. And sometimes it was -- You know, at the beginning, it was novel, and then it was occasionally obtrusive -- not intentionally, but, like, sometimes I'd be yelling at my kids in the supermarket and someone would be like, "Hey!" Luckily, it was before the days of selfies. But so now when it happens, it's -- I'm -- I'm -- I'm cool with it.

In fact, I-I love it. It's like it's novel. And people are very nice. Usually it happens, like, you know, I'm in line at a Starbucks or something and someone will come up to me and they'll say, "Hey!

Are you that guy?" And I'll go, "Yeah. Yeah, that's me." And they'll say... "Are you okay?"

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And I go, "Yeah, I'm doing great. Yeah, thanks." And they say, "Oh, good. Are you, uh -- Are you still doing music?" And I go, "Yeah. I'm on tour right now, had an album out last year and touring around -- you know, did a couple U.S.

tours and a couple U.K. tours, doing a Canadian tour right now, and back on the road again after that and making a new record after that. I wrote a musical, doing a TV special, all these --" And I can see their eyes glaze over 'cause I think they just wanted to know if I worked there or not.

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Broke into the old apartment

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This is where we used to live Broken glass, broke and hungry Broken hearts and broken bones This is where we used to live Why did you paint the walls? Why did you clean the floor? Why did you plaster over The hole I punched in the door? This is where we used to live Why did you keep the mousetrap?

Why didn't you keep the dish rack? These things used to be mine I guess they still are, I want 'em back Broke into the old apartment 42 stairs from the street Crooked landing, crooked landlord Narrow laneway filled with crooks This is where we used to live Why did they pave the lawn? Why did they change the lock? Why did I have to break it?

I only came here to talk This is where we used to live How is the neighbor downstairs? How is her temper this year? I turned up your TV And stomped on the floor just for fun I know we don't live here anymore We bought an old house on the Danforth She loves me, and her body keeps me warm And I'm happy there But this is where we used to live I broke into the old apartment I tore the phone out of the wall Only memories, fading memories Blending into dull tableaux I want them back I want them back This is where we used to live I want them back This is where we used to live I want them back Oooooh, ooh-ooh I want them back

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With each mistake You either bend or break With every word I choose You only seem to bruise Powder blue Always suited you I was your suitor, too Until you're powder blue You're going off the deep end I'm going over all the things I've got to say Apologies From my front door I couldn't love you more

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The bell was cracked Your senses sacked What once seemed civilized In fear was paralyzed I made love blind I lost my mind And now I'm over you As I'm not under you We thought we'd drive forever Now is it okay if I walk you to your car? Apologies From your car floor I couldn't love you more I couldn't love you more I couldn't love you more Baby, between you and me Love is all we need You held out your heart So I could watch it bleed I never thought you would ever fall Into my life, so banal But something so light shouldn't hurt At all Apologies From my front door I couldn't love you more I couldn't love you more I couldn't love you more Couldn't love you anymore No Noooooooooooo Ohh Ohh Ohhhhh

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I think It's getting to the point Where I can be myself again It's getting to the point Where we have almost made amends I think It's the getting to the point That is the hardest part And if you call I will answer And if you fall I'll pick you up And if you court This disaster I'll point you home I'll point you home

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You think I only think about you When we're both in the same room I'm only here to witness The remains of love exhumed You think We're here to play A game of who loves more than whom More than so If you call I will answer And if you fall I'll pick you up And if you court This disaster

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Sail on, silvergirl Sail on by Your time has come To shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Ohhhh You think It's only fair to do what's best for you and you alone It's only fair to do the same to me When you're not home I think It's time to make this something that is more than only fair So if you call I will answer And if you fall I'll pick you up And if you court This disaster I'll point you home But I am warning you Don't ever do those crazy, messed-up things that you do If you ever do I promise you I'll be the first to crucify you Now it's time to prove you've come back here to rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild, oh-oh-oh Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh Oh-oh Oh, oh Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild

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Drove downtown in the rain 9:30 on a Tuesday night Just to check out the late-night record shop Call it impulsive Call it compulsive Call it insane But when I'm surrounded, I just can't stop It's a matter of instinct It's a matter of conditioning, and a matter of fact You can call me Pavlov's Dog Ring a bell and I'll salivate How'd you like that? Dr. Landy, tell me you're not just a pedagogue 'Cause right now I'm lying in bed Just like Brian Wilson did Well, I am lying in bed Just like Brian Wilson diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid Whoa

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So I'm lying here Just staring at the ceiling tiles And I'm thinking about, oh, what to think about Just listening and relistening To "Smiley Smile" And I'm wondering if this is some kind of creative drought Because I'm lying in bed Just like Brian Wilson did Well, I am Lying in bed Just like Brian Wilson diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid Whoa Hey!

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And if you want to find me I'll be out in the sandbox Just wondering where the hell all the Love has gone I'm playing my guitar and building Castles in the sun Oh, oh-oh, oh And singing "Fun, Fun, Fun" I'm lying in bed Just like Brian Wilson did Well, I am Lying in bed Just like Brian Wilson diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid Whoa

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I had a dream That I was 300 pounds And though I was very heavy I floated till I couldn't see the ground I floated till I could not see the ground, uh-huh Somebody help me I couldn't see the ground Somebody help me Couldn't see the ground Somebody help me Because I'm Lying in bed Just like Brian Wilson did Well, I am Lying in bed Just like Brian Wilson diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah! Drove downtown in the rain 9:30 on a Tuesday night Just to check out the late-night record shop Late-night record shop Call it impulsive You can call it compulsive You can call it insane Oh-oh! But when I'm surrounded, I just can't Stop

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Craig Northey. Kevin Fox. I'm Steve. Thank you so much for coming.

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Well, hello!

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