As Makeshift As We Are - The Tragically Hip

You do the combat math

I’m the war artist

You can’t take your shots back

I have to watch them miss

The basketball rim

Shook like a tambourine

Not an unlikely event

In a game that means nothing

In a game that means nothing

Makeshift we are

Lead never leaves your system no matter who you are

Makeshift we are

As makeshift as we are

You’re a complex dune

I’m a cloud of octopus ink

You’re the elusive tune

I’m more ice sculpture than I think

You’re the neutral tribe

And I got the wrong openness

Here’s where I slowly close my eyes

And say, «I'm too drunk for this»

Yeah, I’m too drunk for this

Makeshift we are

«Weaklings Make Trouble» you played on your guitar

Makeshift we are

As makeshift as we are

We are, we are, we are

The loneliest buoys

On dolphin property

You’re as quiet as a fish

I only sing for the whole sea

From memory metal tension springs

We were gunsmoke and the truth

Let’s shake some snow off of his shoulders

Let’s shake some snow off of the roof

Let’s shake some snow off of the roof

Makeshift we are

Occurring to each other under the setups of the stars

Makeshift we are

We imagine us here and here we are

Makeshift we are

Through half-squinted eyes becoming a mirage

Makeshift we are

We are, we are