John Grant - Boy from Michigan (Official Video)
Directed by Casey & Ewan
Taken from the album "Boy From Michigan" by John Grant, which is out now via Bella Union and Partisan records: https://ffm.to/boyfrommichigan
-- LYRICS --
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 in the summertime we went to Catherine Park
A place where you could have yourself a summer lark
Swinging and spinning on the merry-go-round,
Til the sun went down.
And I was haunted by the stories 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 it sits across the way from Hall’s Apple Farm
A place that I have carried with me for so long
You can find it if you drive along Red Bud Trail
through the Maple trees. (in the Autumn time)
Chorus:
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 scarring
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, if 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 Thompson’s market, for candy and pop
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 comin’ alive
And it smelled so clean…
Chorus
Outro
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
So please, please don’t ever let your guard down
And maybe someday you can come back here again