The Man From Manitoba

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The MAN from MANitoba has a thumbtack in his shoe
Almost made it to the city, headed home before you knew
Guess a bumpkin's gotta do what a bumpkin's gotta do
Says his roots are in the country but that acorn never grew

The MAN from Mid MANhattan has a big thorn in his side
He has no time to smell the roses, oh that fast lane is his pride
And somehow a couple city blocks became a great divide
when Mr. Main St. bought his token for that ceaseless subway ride

You are such a rock
(Here comes the running water)
You're a rock of sand
(You'll crumble when the water hits you)
Take your stand
(but you can't prove me wrong)
A change looks good on paper
but your headstrong heart still knows where you belong

City Slick - take a walk in the country
Hickory Stick - take a drive downtown
So homesick that you made a U-turn
Now you're stuck but I wish you good luck !

The MAN from MANitoba he just couldn't ask for more
and the MAN from Mid MANhattan, well, he's seen it all before
but the former is a gerbil and the latter is a rat
trapped inside their little cages doing this instead of that

You are such a rock
(There goes the running water)
You're a rock of sand
(You crumbled when the water hit you)
You're a MAN
(but you don't wanna know)
Although I've watched your reasons go to pieces
you decided long ago

City Slick - get lost in the country
History Stick - get lost in the crowd
So homesick - guess where I found you
Back in town - well what have you found ?
Back to earth - well , what is it worth ?
Back in line - oh, you made up your mind ?

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from demo stuff, released November 25, 2014

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