See the Tower Songtext
von Barenaked Ladies

See the tower tall and beauty
Like a thimble on a sharp pencil
People know of you no matter where I go
Your reputation is international

See the tower
See the tower

Helicopters buzzing round your tip
You were built in 1976
Though you′re not the tallest building in the world
You're still a modern one for the boys and girls

See the tower
See the tower

Looking out of a liquor terrio
Do you wonder where the decades go?
It′s a jag o' pill to swallow you
But you, you, you, you, you
What a tower


Pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa
Paraaa-raraa

Toddy Tail once had a concert there
His ukulele and his wevy hair
He played tip-toe through the two lips two
Just another day in the life reyouth

See the tower
See the tower

Look how Richard, he had a good friend
Where death the tower in the '80s and
He got fired future riding in the roof
Looking elevator, what a goof

Made of concrete with a hollow shaft
They drop pumpkins just to see them smash
I went on a date not so long ago
And she never, ever, ever, ever, ever let me go

Pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa
Paraaa-raraa


Lucas Nolan so Canadians, could look out
At their home native land
Workers played cows boys and Indians
Not being taught about colonialism

See the tower
See the tower

Any questions you can ask America
If they are not banning a band
Or if they are having an affair
Selling furniture, fortune contract
Or getting videotape while they′re smoking crack

You light up the city sky at night
Giving comfort with your laser lights
Is that King Kong climbing to the top
Will the tower song ever, ever, ever, ever, ever stop?

Pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa
Paraaa-raraa

Everybody′s on your upper deck
Looking at you as a pain in the neck
I can see you from my window
So, I adored you
I adore you still