Better Off as We Are

Blue Rodeo * Track #5 On Nowhere to Here

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Blue Rodeo

1995

Better Off as We Are by Blue Rodeo

Release Date

Tue Sep 05 1995

Performed by

Blue Rodeo

Produced by

John Whynot & Blue Rodeo

Writed by

Jim Cuddy & Greg Keelor

Better Off as We Are Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We sat around at night and talked about so many things
Lay on the floor till the morning appeared
You laughed at me and said I just don't get it
You said we should be making plans for getting out of here, oh, oh

[Verse 2]
Somebody told me when I was just a little kid
"Don't follow leaders, think for yourself"
But everybody minds everybody else's business here
Why can't they turn their eyes to somebody else? Oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]
Tell me no use thinking
We could ever be something
We could rise with the stars
Better off as we are

[Verse 2]
My older brother, he left the day he finished school
Moved down to New York to Washington Square
He calls me up and says, "You should come and see me"
Watch the waves of people rolling everywhere, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]
Tell me no use thinking
We could ever be something
We could rise with the stars
Better off as we are

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Late in the evening, I'm up in my room
Trying to think of nothing, clear away the day
I lie awake and let my body wander
Up into the moonlight floating away, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]
Tell me no use thinking
We could ever be something
We could rise with the stars
Better off as we are

[Instrumental Outro]

Better Off as We Are Q&A

Who wrote Better Off as We Are's ?

Better Off as We Are was written by Jim Cuddy & Greg Keelor.

Who produced Better Off as We Are's ?

Better Off as We Are was produced by John Whynot & Blue Rodeo.

When did Blue Rodeo release Better Off as We Are?

Blue Rodeo released Better Off as We Are on Tue Sep 05 1995.

What did Blue Rodeo say about "Better Off as We Are"?

This is about not being satisfied with where you’ve come from. It’s unwanted advice, people telling you that you’re better off just staying connected to the environment you grew up in, but for me, I don’t have an environment I grew up in. Nothing every prepared me for a life in music, but I sort of...