Lyrics Helicopters - Barenaked Ladies
This
is
where
the
helicopters
came
to
take
me
away
This
is
where
the
children
used
to
play
This
is
only
half
a
mile
away
from
the
attack
This
is
where
my
life
changed
in
a
day,
And
then
it
changed
back
Buried
in
the
din
of
rotor
noise
and
close
explosions
I
do
my
best
to
synthesize
the
sounds
and
my
emotions
This
is
where
the
allies
bombed
the
school,
They
say
by
mistake
Here
nobody
takes
me
for
a
fool,
just
for
a
fake
Later
at
the
hotel
bar,
the
journalists
are
waiting
I
hurry
back
to
my
guitar
while
they′re
commiserating
And
I'll
be
leaving
soon
I′ll
be
leaving
soon
Just
as
soon
as
we
were
on
the
ground
We
were
back
in
the
jet
Just
another
three-day
foreign
tour
we'd
never
forget
It's
hard
to
sympathize
with
all
this
devastation
Hopping
round
from
site
to
site
like
tourists
on
vacation
And
I′ll
be
leaving
soon
I′ll
be
leaving
soon
I
can't
help
anyone
′cause
everyone's
so
cold
Everyone′s
so
skeptical
of
everything
they're
told
And
even
I
get
sick
of
needing
to
be
sold
Though
it′s
only
half
a
month
away,
the
media's
gone
An
entertaining
scandal
broke
today,
but
I
can't
move
on
I′m
haunted
by
a
story
and
I
do
my
best
to
tell
it
Can′t
even
give
this
stuff
away,
why
would
I
sell
it?
Everybody's
pointing
while
at
me
they
point
a
finger
A
world
that
loves
its
irony
must
hate
the
protest
singer
So
I′ll
be
leaving
soon
I'll
be
leaving
soon
I′ll
be
leaving
soon
I'll
be
leaving
soon
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