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Lyrics to "Tournament of Hearts" by the Weakerthans (yesterday's video):

(copyright The Weakerthans)

Now the lounge is full of farmers
For the 7:30 draw
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 days
I'm 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 disapprovingly
From their frame in that old photograph at me
And I know you're out there 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 drift right through our months
We slide right through our days
I'm 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

Songwriters: Stephen Carroll, John Samson, Greg Smith, and Jason Tait.

The Weakerthans are an award-winning four-piece (and sometimes six-piece) Canadian indie rock band that blends punk rock with folk rock. The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

For assistance with the curling references here is a link to the Wikipedia Glossary of Curling.