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Tournament of Hearts Lyrics
Now the lounge is full of farmers
for the 7:30 draw The teammates all left before they had to buy a round When they pull the 50/50, and I've lost again I'll go Maybe have one more brown one for the snowy road All the championship banners going yellow on the wall And my name when it gets closer to last call So Elvira brings my bottle Hold it up and let it bend Figures of two rinks battling an extra end And i'm peeling off the label As they peel a corner guard Dance down the sheet to the tune of "Hurry, Hurry Hard" And my popcorn squeaks with the question Wonders why I'm not at home Where you wait beside a silent telephone Doodle circles within circles all alone Have to stop myself from climbing On the table full of empties to yell: "Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?" "Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?" I slide right through the day Always throwing hack weight Right off, no never never ever ever Right off, no never never ever never Right off, no never never never ever Right off, no never ever never ever Now the senior bonspiel winners Circa 1963 Are all staring, glaring dis-approvingly From their frame in that old photograph And I know you're out their waiting For an answer I can't give you so tell me, "Why, Why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?" "Why can't I ever stop when I want to stay?" We roll right through our years We rip right through our months We slide through our days And always throwing hack weight Right off, no never never ever ever Right off, no never never ever never Right off, no never ever never ever Right off
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08-17-2007
Most of the song is curling terminology/references: "extra end", "peel a corner guard", "sheet", "hack weight", "bonspiel", etc. Much of the rest uses curling metaphors to question a relationship and/or one's life:
Why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?
Why can't I ever stop when I want to stay?
We roll right through our years
We drift right through our months
We slide through our days
And always throwing hack weight
The "Right off, no never ever" things is the skip yelling at the sweepers to stop sweeping
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08-19-2007
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10-09-2007
must be the sweepers rushing to keep ahead of the stone, avoiding previous throws, sweeping hard, trying to save momentum.
player dawdling in the lounge, not wanting to face relationship issues. i can almost see those old banners & pictures, must be from bowling alley cafeterias here.
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02-07-2008
Without some cursory knowledge of curling, you probably won't ever appreciate how good this sonf is
"hurry, hurry. hard" are commands the skip gives to the sweepers...too give the stone more weight (speed) by reducing the co-effcient of friction of the ice.
It's a "tune" because these commands are given verbally. ..
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02-07-2008
Without some cursory knowledge of curling, you probably won't ever appreciate how good this sonf is
"hurry, hurry. hard" are commands the skip gives to the sweepers...too give the stone more weight (speed) by reducing the co-effcient of friction of the ice.
It's a "tune" because these commands are given verbally. ..
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03-08-2008
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11-08-2008
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02-11-2009
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03-27-2009
One line that hasn't been commented on: "Doodle circles within circles all alone"
Above the obvious meaning that he's doodling, I think the circles within circles is also a reference to the circles on the rink.
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11-22-2009
just because of the depth of the stories in their songs
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