The Weakerthans

Our Retired Explorer Dines With Michael Foucault In Paris 1961

The Weakerthans


Tom: E

E
Just one more drink and then I 
N.C.
should be on my way home.
N.C.
I'm not entirely sure 
                      E
what you're talking about.
                        B
I've had a really nice time, 
    A                   E
but my dogs need to be fed.
                              B
I must say that in the right light, 
     A   
you look like Shackelton.

[Chorus]

E              B   
Comment allez-vous ce soir?
    A                  E
Je suis comme ci comme ca.
                 B      
Yes, a penguin taught me French 
     A          E
back in Antarctica.

[Verse]

E
Oh, I could show you the way 
N.C.
shadows colonize snow.
N.C.
Ice breaking up on the bay 
                  E
off the Lassiter coast.
                        B
Light falling over the pole 
    A               E
as every longitude leads 
                        B
up to your frostbitten feet.
A  
Oh, you're very sweet, 

[Chorus]

E                  B
thank you for the flowers 
         A           E
and the book by Derrida,
               B               A           E
but I must be getting back to dear Antarctica.

[Bridge]

C#m                            A
......Say, do you have a ship,  
                     B
and a dozen able men 
                               E          
that maybe you could lend me?
              E
Oh, Antarctica 
              E  A
Oh, Antarctica 
              E  A
Oh, Antarctica ...... Oh, Antarctica