Sift one cup folk, one cup R&B, one cup blues, one tablespoon jazz. Mix in spirit of Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Greg Brown. Add to taste: dry humor, faith against odds, bloody heartbreak. Bake 5o-some years in hard knocks oven. Add spark of Goddess. Serve with acoustic guitar and baritone vocals.
Story behind the song
I wrote down the states of the union. Rearranged them about a hundred times until they fit together. Wrote some music for them. Check out the one-word chorus. Next is state capitals.
Lyrics
States of the Union
Indiana, Louisiana
Mississippi, Tennessee
Alabama, Montana
West Virginia, Kentucky
Wyoming
Maine
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
Carolina North, Carolina South
Ari zona, Oklahoma
New Hampshire, Delaware
Rhode Island
Maine
California, New York, Georgia
Vermont, Utah, Virginia
Nevada, Florida
District Of Columbia
Illinois
Maine
Texas, Kansas, New Jersey
Missouri, Alaska, Nebraska
Massachusetts, Hawaii
Connecticut, Arkansas
Iowa
Maine
Colorado, Ohio
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico
Oregon, Washington
Idaho
Maine
Words and Music: Bruce McKinney Copyright 2008
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