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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Barenaked Ladies
Performer
The Persuasions
Performer
Jim Creeggan
Background Vocals
Kevin Hearn
Piano
Ed Robertson
Vocals
Jimmy Hayes
Bass
Tyler Stewart
Drums
Jayotis Washington
Baritone
Samuel White
Baritone
Dave Revels
Vocals
Clifford Dawson
Tenor
Raymond Sanders
Tenor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
S Page
Songwriter
Jim Creeggan
Songwriter
Kevin Hearn
Songwriter
Ed Robertson
Songwriter
Tyler Stewart
Songwriter
Dave Revels
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lenny DeRose
Mixing Engineer
Gavin Brown
Producer
Lyrics
I look straight in the window, try not to look below
Pretend I'm not up here, I try counting sheep
The sheep seem to shower off this office tower
It's Nine-point-eight straight down I can't stop my knees
I wish I could fly
From this building
From this wall
And if I should try
Would you catch me if I fall?
My hands clench the squeegee, my secular rosary
Hang on to your wallet, hang on to your rings
I can't look below me, or something might throw me
I curse at the windstorms that October brings
I look in the boardroom; a modern pharaoh's tomb
I'd gladly swap places, if they care to dive
They're lined up at the window, peer down into limbo
They're frightened of jumping, in case they survive
I wish I could step from this scaffold
Onto soft green pastures, shopping malls, or bed
With my family and my pastor and my grandfather who's Dead
I look straight in the mirror, I watch it come clearer
I look like a painter, behind all the grease
But paintings creating, and I'm just erasing
A crystal-clear canvas is my masterpiece
I wish I could fly
From this building
From this wall
And if I should try
Would you catch me if I fall?
I wish I could fly
From this building
From this wall
And if I should try
Would you catch me if I fall?
When I fall
When I fall
When I fall
When I fall
Writer(s): Steven Page, Ed Robertson
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