Boy from Michigan - John Grant

You know my mother sewed clothes for Bertha Wrunklewich

That lady who I always thought was rich

And I considered her with awe and wonder when she came around

And then in summertime we went to Catherine Park

A place where you could have yourself a summer

Swimming and spinning in the go round

Till the sun went down

And I was running by the stores about Connie’s car

And how she barely got out when it caught on fire

And a trucker came along and he saved her life and she was alright

Now cross the way from Half’s Apple Farm

A place that I have for so long

You can find it if you along through the Mapple trees

(In the Autumn time)

Beware, when you go out there

They’ll eat you alive if you don’t take care

They have different rules they’re using

The American Dream can cause and some nasty bruising

Beware, when you go out there

They’ll eat you alive if you don’t take care

They’re using different rules

The American Dream is not for weak soft-hearted fools

And all the neighbor boys

They got them permanent waves

And we walk through the cemetery looking at all the graves

To Thompsons’s market for candy and

We did it almost every day

We used to look to see if we could find a patch of green

As the Winter came to a close and Spring was blossoming

The ground was coming alive and it smelled so clean

Beware, when you go out there

They’ll eat you alive if you don’t take care

They have different rules they’re using

The American Dream can cause and some nasty bruising

Beware, when you go out there

They’ll eat you alive if you don’t take care

They’re using different rules

The American Dream is not for weak soft-hearted fools

Beware, when you go out there

They’ll eat you alive if you don’t take care

They have different rules they’re using

The American Dream can cause and some nasty bruising

Beware, when you go out there

They’ll eat you alive if you don’t take care

They’re using different rules

The American Dream is not for weak soft-hearted fools

And Scotty, said softly, with some sadness in his voice

You’re just a simple boy from Michigan

And they’ll be doing everything they can to win

And please, please don’t ever let your guard down

And maybe someday you can come back here again