Lyric booklet commentary: “One day, they tore down all the old rain-worn wooden bus stops that visually defined, for me at least, the way Vancouver felt when I was a kid. It occurred to me then that those bus stops, places every two blocks along every thoroughfare in the city, were like strategicall...
Downtown Vancouver
Digging through your bag
Ripping out the pages
Of the local music mag
You missed the show last summer
But now you've got your chance
They're playing at The Railway
With another emo band
I'm ambitious when giving up
Never thinking clear enough
But we're not Elvis anymore
We're not Frankie in his wild years
We're not Tina's glorious comeback
We're not us, we're not us
Sold my soul to the devil
For nice penmanship
And now I write real pretty
But I'm starting to regret it
If all of this was easy
It wouldn't matter how it ends
I'm ambitious when giving up
Never thinking clear enough
But we're not Elvis anymore
We're not Frankie in his wild years
We're not Tina's glorious comeback
We're not us, we're not us
We're not us, anymore
We're not us
We're not us, anymore
W'ere not us
We're not us
Tina’s Glorious Comeback was written by Dan Mangan.
Dan Mangan released Tina’s Glorious Comeback on Tue Aug 11 2009.