Friday, November 29, 2024

Leonard Skinnardsen: The 398th Greatest Song of All Time

 

What if The Sons of Norway did the 398th greatest song of all time instead of Lynyrd Skynyrd?

Sweet Home Minnesota


We play Duck Duck Grey Duck
While detractors raise a din
They insist it's Duck Duck Goose
Back in the land where they've been
And I think it's a sin, yes

Well I heard Frank Sinatra sing about her
Well I heard Chicago's a toddlin' town
Well I hope Old Blue Eyes will remember
A northern man don't need him around anyhow

Sweet home Minnesota
10,000 lakes maybe more
Sweet Home Minnesota
Loons a-callin' on every shore

In Minneapolis they love the Lutherans
The Catholics kind of own Saint Paul
But the way we drink every weekend
You'd wonder if we believe at all

Sweet home Minnesota
Mosquitos are our official bird
Sweet Home Minnesota
And uffda's clearly our favorite word

Now Paisley Park has got the TAFKAP
Making hits, more than a few
Got me clapping hands on two and four
Which Scandahoovians seldom do
Now how 'bout you?

Sweet home Minnesota
Where it's winter 6 months a year
Sweet Home Minnesota
Gotcha wonderin' why you moved here


No comments: