You could shoot off a cannon Down the middle of bond And attract no attention in downtown st. johns This getting nowhere is getting to me Wondering where can you go To be all you can be No regular joe wants to pull up and go And wind up homesick Where theres no one you know Just a smoke and a beer And the sports on tv Being sorry you left With no choice but to leave (chorus) No change in the weather No change in me I dont want to leave But I cant live for free Cant eat the air, cant drink the sea No change in the weather No change in me You could shoot off a cannon From the top of longs hill And a gullivers taxi might be all that youd kill We were promised the sun And the moon and the stars We got weathered old clapboard and salt-rusted cars So Ill join in the leaving like all of the rest Montreal, calgary, vancouver west Lay down on the sidewalk Kick off and die And watch people not looking As they hurry by (chorus)