Jeremy Messersmith - Life in Minneapolis (Live) Lyrics

I don't know why it's so hard
To write a simple Christmas card
This one's a few years late
Sorry that you had to wait
Winter's long and summer's short
Not much else to report
That's life in Minneapolis
Janey smokes a bowl a day
So do I but anyway
Deb loves the winter cold
Scott's out there blowing snow
Pickles taste the best to me
Eaten at the kitchen sink
That's life in Minneapolis
Barb and Dave they almost drowned
Canoeing on a lake somehow
Courtney had herself a kid
Chris and Anne a couple twins
Covid got my uncle Rob
Lost Mom to QAnon
And that's life in Minneapolis
Kenza made herself at home
I learned to be alone
Bought a fixer upper house
It's tiny but it counts
The helicopters never stop
Everybody hates the cops
That's life in Minneapolis
Derek murdered mister Floyd
The five oh were so annoyed
They rode around in unmarked vans
Shooting at pedestrians
Maggie made a press jacket
Out of an old life vest
That's life in Minneapolis
When the Lake Street Arby's burned
The mayor hid behind a fern
Officers used pepper spray
Rubber bullets to the face
That's how Linda lost an eye
Press badge ain't worth a dime
That's life in Minneapolis
The mayor put on quite a show
At George's funeral
Then he hid behind the chief
The old guard dragged their feet
The governor he parked a tank
On Hennepin and Lake
That's life in Minneapolis
Derek Chauvin went to jail
Garrison went off the rails
City Pages went kaput
City council got the boot
Somewhere in there Leah died
Don't know why I couldn't cry
And that's life in Minneapolis
Little Earth filled up with tents
Chief Arradondo left
Daniel gave me his old bike
I ride around the lake at night
Three cheers for Jeremy
He's back in therapy
That's life in Minneapolis
L and J moved to New York
Yada yada dinner fork
I'd like to go there too
But I've still got work to do
That Arby's was a start
Next up the old Kmart
That's life in Minneapolis
Yeah that's life in Minneapolis