Northrop Frye
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hey northrop frye,you're such a funny little guy
with that shock of grey hair on your head
oh, yes it's true
they'll name buildings after you
but i don't understand a thing you said
so it goes in the halls of the literate dead
where you stand beside giants of marble and dread
that your tubby-tub frame should look silly beside them
oh come back northrop frye 'cause we miss you
research revealed a code behind the sword and shield
oh the flame, the lover and the crucifix
and longing to be oh that master of taxonomy
i smile and pass your painting everyday
are you looking for visible means of support?
have you eaten your fill and looked on to the port?
is there nobody left in the ivory diner?
come back northrop frye
'cause we miss you
come back northrop frye
'cause we miss you
hey northrop frye
what immortal hand or eye
could make your gentle spirit turn away?
thy kingdom come
since the fall of nineteen ninety-one
the papers said it wouldn't do to stay
and do you stop on your cloud when we mention your name?
do you gaze on your bust and discuss with angels
the relative merits of songs about strangers?
oh come back northrop frye
and so very far from the halls of the literate dead
there are children who wonder each night before bed
is it true, is it true all the legend and rumour?
oh come back northrop frye
'cause we miss you
come back northrop frye
'cause we miss you
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| Crash Into Me | Dave Matthews Band | Crash |
| Superhero | Dancing for Nickels | Dancing for Nickels |
| First Sight | Dancing for Nickels | Dancing for Nickels |
| Black Day in July | Gordon Lightfoot | Did She Mention My Name? |
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| Slide | Goo Goo Dolls | Dizzy Up The Girl |
| It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | REM | Document |
| We Want A Rock | They Might Be Giants | Flood |
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| Free Fallin' | Tom Petty | Full Moon Fever |
| If I Had A Million Dollars | Barenaked Ladies | Gordon |
| Graceland | Paul Simon | Graceland |
| Hanging By A Thread | Jann Arden | Happy? |
| The Sound Of | Jann Arden | Happy? |
| Holiday in Spain | Counting Crows | Hard Candy |
| Mary Ellen Carter | Stan Rogers | Home In Halifax |
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| Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell | Ladies of the Canyon |
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| Streets of London | Roger Whittaker | Legendary |
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| And | Anya Stevens | Silhouettes |
| Summertime | Gershwin and Heyward | Songs for Clem |
| Down So Long | Jewel | Spirit |
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| Stay | Lisa Loeb | Tails |
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| High and Dry | Radiohead | The Bends |
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| I Don't Like Mondays | The Boomtown Rats | The Fine Art Of Surfacing |
| Democracy | Leonard Cohen | The Future |
| Superman's Song | Crash Test Dummies | The Ghosts That Haunt Me |
| With Or Without You | U2 | The Joshua Tree |
| All the Lilacs in Ohio | John Hiatt | The Tiki Bar is Open |
| My Number | Tegan and Sarah | This Business Of Art |
| Mrs Potter's Lullaby | Counting Crows | This Desert Life |
| Lightning Crashes | Live | Throwing Copper |
| Never is a Promise | Fiona Apple | Tidal |
| Don't Speak | No Doubt | Tragic Kingdoms |
| Meet Virginia | Train | Train |
| Angel | Sarah Slean | Universe |
| Climbing Up The Walls | Sarah Slean | Universe |
| My Country 'Tis of Thee | Ani diFranco | Up Up Up Up Up Up |
| Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion II |
| The Freshmen | Verve Pipe | Villains |
| Walking In Memphis | Marc Cohn | Walking in Memphis |
| Brick | Ben Folds Five | Whatever and Ever, Amen |
| That Day | Natalie Imbruglia | White Lilies Island |
| Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here |
| You Were Here | Sarah Harmer | You Were Here |
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| Uniform Grey | Sarah Harmer | You Were Here |
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