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A song about our home state, and yours too.

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I was born in seventy-one
I was raised a carpenter’s son
I went to school in a three-bar town
I grew up as the glaciers came down
Floating on the lake
Drifting away
Watching the day
Burst into blossom
In Wisconsin

I moved out at seventeen
Drinking beer with the Homecoming queen
Got a job at the paper mill
A row of bottles on my windowsill
Shoveling the snow
The roads all closed
My fingers froze
And felt like cotton
In Wisconsin

I went to Madison
For I don’t know what
I killed a six-point buck
With my very first shot

My mama died in ninety-one
I became the grieving son
I grew up as the glaciers came down
I left the church then I left town
Flowers on her grave
Nothing to say
Watching the day
Break into blossom

I gave my goodbyes
Frost in my eyes
Searching the sky
For the lost son
of Wisconsin

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from In Agreement with the Machine, released January 8, 2013
Beam: Lead guitar. Best: Vox, banjo, lyrics. Eckert: Bass. Keats: Rhythm guitar. Nevsimal: Drums.

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