The Tragically Hip - Vaccination Scar lyrics

So the chemistry's set
And I'm not the saddest cheerleader
To forget the American word
For the gang in the head
That dwindles to no members when
The mystery's met the sky looks threatened
Heading home in the dust
Singing, "Life is for getting
Good enough for the frivolous"

One thing I remember is
This tear on your bare shoulder
This little silver boulder
This slowly falling star
We're rolling, so what never getting older
Where the moon-shocked curtains part
At the start of enough
A tear dropped in a vaccination scar
I'll tell you if I'm able
That is, I'll tell you like it is
It went down like a bad card table
Like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Swimming on a bit
Stop and treading water as the
Sun assimilated the words
For lighthouse fire
Burning down to embers' end the mystery met
The sky just-reddened
Heading home under dusk
Is life just forgetting
Another word for frivolous

And little silver boulders
And silence from Mars
For the heart of enough
For a tear dropped in a vaccination scar

Wherever you are scar