An Ode to My Hometown (feat. Sam Bastian)

If you ever move up north just know i gotta warn ya

That this town was built on gravel roads and rumors that'll bore ya

They move a little quicker than a west coast

wind coming round an east coast bend

But i know that i've had to fend for myself once before ya

Id like to say my heart ain't cold but if yours drops down below,

Ill show you how i can be a scumbag heathen

Walking down the road i know there's trauma

But ill row my boat and if it tips ill keep afloat and ill just stay a breathing

I know them and they know me

it's like we're one big family

But we all know that families got their drama

I know right now you can't see

but they'll come with guns and cavalry

To take you down and push you out this old snow filled town

But through it all i'll stand tall, if you wanna walk you gotta crawl

Through the talk of this here town it's small but you'll find a way to love it

If you come you'll want to stay, there's beauty in the northern lakes and every Corner round em has a summit

Some have been here there whole life,

Following that palding light

The way their chasing dreams that ain't never really there

And when I see that welcome sign

It takes me back to pedal bikes

When me and all my buddies really never had a care

This town lately's been killing me,

Petty folks and jealousy have made their marks like a world war

Were watching one be made

Our ancestors they built this town

When they mined out all that copper ground

For a penny, and I'd bet one now that they're rolling in their graves

From ski hill walks to breakers talks

On the beach, skipping rocks I s'pose,

Looking past the bad there's a lot of good to come from it

Like July days on the water, lighting up another Marlboro smoke,

With a couple of friends in the end that usually does it

Stokin a 'gar, or stokin a fire

A sauna swimming Friday nighter I know

There wasn't a time, those nights, that we weren't buzzing

Gathering round with a couple guitars

Singing along and playing out our hearts

One of those times u won't forget a second of it

If by now you don't now

This song right here's about my home

So go ahead, call it an ode,

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