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Oh Minnesota
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Oh, Minnesota
Oh Minnesota
Back when I was young
Got the old Knife River baby
cut right into my tongue
seen the thousand footers
float under the Aerial Bridge
Skippin’ stones across the ice
like livin inside the fridge
The Engar Tower
white birch trees
The greatest of the Great lakes
looks just like the sea, to me.
Oh, Minnesota
10,000 lakes
100,000 fishermen
out there getting baked
Duluth, Minnesota
up off hwy 61
Revisiting Robert Zimmerman
and Leif Erickson
The April showers
mostly snow
drink brandy from the Viking mug
stare into the ice fish hole below
Whoa! What is that?
Oh Minnesota
when we were kids
If you want just a little bit
in Minnesota, just a smidge
They’re servin’ lefse
and lutefisk
Green jello with bananas
what’s in that hot dish?
It’s cream of mushroom
wild rice
Frozen peas and carrots
hamburger
and tater tots on top tonight
What I will do is crush up some cool ranch doritos
in a baggie, sprinkle that on top, some Funyons
maybe a little cheese medley
and a key change
put that into the broiler
for a crispy little skin on top
well alright!
Oh Minnesota
Ski Doo in the yard
Purple People Eaters
and do you remember
the Minnesota North Stars?
Swarms of mosquitoes
and the loon are the state birds
Pronouncing every consonant
in every single word
F Scott Fitzgerald
Paul Westerberg
Prince and Judy Garland
Sinclair Lewis wrote the words
Are you sure?
Yeah, he wrote this book called “It Can’t Happen Here”
But it actually did happen here
just recently
it’s very disturbing
Oh Minnesota
where I was born
It gets above 32 degrees
and those people think it’s warm
Oh Minnesota
back when I was young
Got the old Knife River baby
cut right into my tongue
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A Garden In the Garden State
What do I know about the Garden State?
Lemme tell you bout the garden state
You gotta hurry hurry hurry or you’re gonna be late
To get to where you’re going in the garden state
I met New Jersey back in ’76
I was 7 years old just lookin for kicks
Drivin’ my car to the Clam Broth house
On the 280 Hoboken Route
I’d just burned a hole
through the Delaware Water Gap
Took a sonic jet ski to Action Park
Swum alongside a cannonball
Shootin’ out the tunnel in the dark
What do I know about the Garden State?
let me tell you bout the Garden State
You gotta hurry hurry hurry
Or you’re gonna be lat
To get to where you’re goin in the garden state
Couldn’t find a garden in Jersey City
But I found a garden in Weehawken
a rooftop garden just down by the river
With a panoramic view of Manhattan
I couldn’t find a garden in the Madison Square
For there was no vegetation in there
So I took the Lincoln Tunnel to the Jersey side
the landscape opened up wide
What do I know about the garden state?
Lemme tell ya bout the garden state
You gotta hurry hurry hurry or you’re gonna be late
get to where you’re goin’ in the garden state
I was a petroleum transfer technician
at the BP in Denville out on Route 10
I was an aspiring suburban break dancer
with a patented knee to butt spin
I listened to Newcleus and UTFO
But i first heard punk from the pirate ship radio
Broadcasting somewhere off Sandy Hook
I heard the Clash and the sidewalk shook
I couldn’t find a garden in jersey City
I couldn’t find the garden in Newark too
But I found a garden out in Alamuchee
Patty Gilson when I met you
With the sweet smell of chocolate from the M and M factory
Hackettstown just down in the valley
Where the Musconetcong River flows
Just by Waterloo Road
Watching the Uncle Floyd show
finally found a garden in the Garden State
i found a garden in the Garden State
i don't gotta hurry i think i'm gonna stay
cause i finally found a garden in the garden
i found a garden in the Garden State
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