So Hard Done By - The Tragically Hip

Interesting and sophisticated

Refusing to be celebrated

It’s a monumental big screen kiss

It’s so deep it’s meaningless

One day you’ll just up and quit

And that’ll be it

Just then the stripper stopped in a coughing fit

She said, «Sorry, I can’t go on with this»

Yeah, that’s awful close but that’s not why

I’m so hard done by

It was true cinema-a-clef

You should see it before there’s nothing left

In an epic too small to be tragic

You’ll have to wait a minute 'cause it’s an instamatic

Yeah, that’s awful close but that’s not why

I’m so hard done by

Just then the room became more dimly lit

As the MC carried on with it

And now that I’ve got you all strangely compelled

I’m afraid Candy’s not feeling well

Close but that’s not why

I’m so hard done by