Ill tell me grandma, down in NYC
Aint this the place to be?
No sales tax, no strict lawsI can live free!
The only place with a real blue sky
Tell me, gran! Live free or die!
New Hampshire! The Granite State!
Forget the vermin, mainaics, or the massholeswell get em straight!
Cowhamshire, aint it great?
Hey, Sammy! Lets get booze and fireworks at Wal-Mart!
We can add some skis to our cart.
White Mountains, Boston, Hampton Beach!
Anywhere, in forty minutes well reach!
Lets applause the snow days every week!
The 90-degree summers aint too ble
Hoboes of Hoboken
Louisville, Kentucky
1933
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Well, shoot, I mutter to myself, this aint gonna get me a-nowheres.
From the untrained eye, one would think Im gonna get a-runned over by this freight train a-chuggin my way, but Im a man with a mission. I raise my eyes to meet the quickly comin boxcars, and ready myself to jump. My hair is tousled as the train comes passin by with a whoosh! I pause, and with a groan, turn around and walk over to a lone rock.
I watch the train chug by with a scowl on my face. Its the third time Ive chick