Lyrics Gord Downie – Steeplechase
Text:
There’s a cruel crumpling sound
From over yonder by the steeplechase
It’s a sound of coming down
Like horses slamming on the brakes
It’s the sound of a crowd
Of an equine crowd in the vacuum of its age
It’s a sound coming down
Of an entirely different race
It’s a sound coming down
Like Il Palio sent splayed
And sprawling into a cafe
In an explosion of table legs and trays
It’s a sound coming down
Like a chuckwagon when it strays
A little too far from the stampede days
And slams into the butterfly chase
That’s the sound coming down
Sound coming down
Of an equine crowd in the vacuum of its age
It’s a sound coming down
Of an entirely different race
It’s a sound coming down
Like Il Palio sent splayed
And sprawling into a cafe
In an explosion of table legs and trays
It’s a sound coming down
Like a chuckwagon when it strays
A little too far from the stampede days
And slams into the butterfly chase
That’s the sound coming down
Sound coming down
Album
Gord Downie – Gord Downie - Battle Of The Nudes
Gord Downie – Pillform No. 1
Gord Downie – Pillform No. 2
Gord Downie – We’re Hardcore
Gord Downie – More Me Less You
Gord Downie – Steeplechase
Gord Downie – Who By Rote
Gord Downie – 11th Fret
Gord Downie – Pascal’s Submarine
Gord Downie – Willow Logic
Gord Downie – Christmastime In Toronto
Gord Downie – Figment
Gord Downie – Into The Night