Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Everybody's so polite! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Everybody's just so nice! Low-level depression Low-level depress-pression Low-level depression Low-level depress-pression Low-level depression Low-level depress-pression Low-level depression Low-level depress-pression Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! It's just so middle class! Everyone here talks About real estate and stocks And the two to three kids that their Wives will drop out And the longer I stay here I think That maybe a government job won't stink If I can just dick around all day And get paid in Ottawa! (Le Ottawa) Ottawa! (Le Ottawa) Ottawa! (L'Ottawa) Nous sommes bilingue ici Ottawa! (Le Ottawa) Ottawa! (Le Ottawa) Ottawa! (C'etait L'Ottawa) So close to Quebec, l'a! Found a thought inside my brain Couple years ago would've been insane The desire to settle down And take it easy Stay inside and freeze here for 8 months (a year?) 'Cause the people are polite and in LA there's cunts But I've had my fill with agreeableness And I wouldn't mind meeting some pricks If only because meeting some pricks would make me miss Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Canada's capital! I work the the BHRC wing of government We mainly write reports for the PQQQQQ Wow! That's awesome! No more burning bridges now Put one hundred thousand down On a house close to downtown So that my family's around No more instability A peaceful life's the one for me I'd mow my lawn and i would be Calm I fear that the people here near to me Are slipping away 'Cause they'd rather be safe Than in danger's way And safety is this place With a picket fence and low crime rate It offers you nothing With a straight face Ottawa! Ottawa! Awatto! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Foreign investments! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Seasonal affective disorder! I could love this palce In a different life One where I had kids And a loving wife I could have a backyard Where I grill with my neighbors Life wouldn't be so hard With our stable labours The truth is I love this town It's all I know and it's where I've grown But I know I have to leave this place Guess I'm just forcing a case Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! (Justin Trudeau!) Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! (The parliament buildings!) Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! (The canal!) Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! Ottawa! (Unceded Algonquin land!) Ottawa!