This folk group from Newfoundland and Labrador had a few hits in the 1990s - hits that you wouldn't know if you didn't live in Canada.
Some of them were covers, to be sure, but they did original music, too. This song, from 1997, was among their biggest hits and it was written by members of the group. According to co-author Alan Doyle, it was inspired by a Vancouver street musician who had gotten beaten up and robbed, and then went right back to performing in the same place.
That musician? Jann Arden.
The song was co-opted by Conservative Party politicians in the 2000s, but the band filed a copyright claim to stop that. Because they don't need their song politicized.
It may not be so clear from the official video that they were a folk group, but this live performance should make that clear.
Also, the audience knows the words.
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