Manitoba Bound

We up and flew the coop way out to Manitoba

September 1981

My mother found herself some kind of trouble

Some unspeakable thing that she had done

Then along comes one tall, dark, and handsome stranger

Miss, it don’t matter what you did

Then my brother JD, he appeared that winter

His neck as long as fifteen other kids

Now there’s a point at which I’m gonna make shit up

When the truth starts boring me to tears

But so far, I’ll just stick to simple facts

'Cause I ain’t had to make shit up in years

We grew up not knowing we were extra-terrestrials

Fell out of the coldest Northern Lights

With our ticks and our kinks and our crazy mama

Well, everything's gonna be all right

Now there’s a point at which I’m gonna make shit up

When the truth starts boring me to tears

But so far, I’ll just stick to simple facts

'Cause I ain’t had to make shit up in years

It ain’t pretty but that’s how this cookie crumbles

And I do now and then at the thought of it

Well, it’s funny once the murky water passes under

Underneath the old Maryland bridge

Now there’s a point at which I’m gonna make shit up

When the truth starts boring me to tears

But so far, I’ll just stick to simple facts

'Cause I ain’t had to make shit up in years

No, I ain’t had to make it up in years