I wrote this song at a time when I was considering moving back east. You see, I lived on the Great Lakes my entire life until moving to South Dakota about 10 years ago. What a shock!
I miss my home on the shore of Lake Michigan but I've changed. Its not really home anymore. I guess writing this song was my way of sorting it all out.
Lyrics
I went to Chicago
For to sing the blues.
I searched all over
And wore out my shoes.
Couldn�t find no work there
And I was feeling low.
A cold wind was blowin�
So I decide to go.
Prairie sunrise,
You look good to me.
Prairie sunrise,
your just a memory.
I hitch a ride into Motown
To have a look around.
But I could breathe there
In that dirty town.
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and New York
They were all the same.
When you�ve got no people
Your prospects are lame.
Prairie sunrise,
you look good to me.
Prairie sunrise,
your just a memory.
I called a friend in Milwaukee.
She said come out here.
You can play your music
And drink lots of beer.
So I headed westward
Just as fast as I could.
But the life I found there
Wasn�t all that good.
Prairie sunrise,
you look good to me.
Prairie sunrise,
your just a memory.
