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Movin’ from home was a hard bite to take,
The pressure on to pop the cork:
Friends start to run and the crowds all jeer,
When you’re from Western New York.
“Why didn’t I move away sooner?”
Asks every ex-pat of themselves.
If I went to college in Cleveland or Erie,
My life would surely be hell.
I feel for my Rust Belt neighbors.
The steel and the railroads have choked.
So while Boston courts us and L.A. seduces,
Our cities back home have gone broke.
CHORUS:
So stand tall my fellow Great Lakers,
Ye hearty of the country north.
The stiff Erie breezes ruddy our cheeks,
And point to a life without mirth.
Movin’ from home was a trial by fire,
Those downstaters will comment quick:
“My state rep’s better than your state rep,
He brings home more pork for his district!”
CHORUS, last line: While the Bills get a playoff birth.
Rust Belt Role-Call!
Erie!
Detroit!
Toledo!
Buffalo!
Euclid!
Rochester!
Love Canal!!!
It’s great to be an Upstater,
Standing tall with the wind in our face.
When the rest of the nation comes calling,
It’s only long distance they waste.
CHORUS, last line: And all have negative net worth.
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