In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Life is my friend
Rake it up to take it in
Wrap me in your cinnamon
Especially in Michigan
Well I could be your friend
White clouds I'm in
A mitten full of fisherman
C'mon huckleberry finn
Show me how to make her grin
Well I'm in Michigan
Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
A rainy Lithuanian
Who's dancing as an Indian
Painted in my tiger skin
Especially in Michigan
Double chins and bowling pins
Unholy Presbyterians
Land is full of medicine
I find it when I'm slipping in
The tainted new librarian (into Michigan)
Who fainted when she tucked you in
Let's float away like zeppelins
On stoic gusts of northern wind
Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
Out on the farm we'll be
Swimming with the mother duck
Deep in the mitten where
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
Life is my friend
Underwater violins
Order now from ho chi min
A porcelain that comes in twins
Throw me in the looney bin
'Cause I can take it on the chin (when I'm in Michigan)
The cleavage of your pillow skin
Is moving like a violin
Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
Out on the farm we'll be
Swimming with the mother duck
Deep in the mitten where
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck, yeah
Rake it up to take it in
Wrap me in your cinnamon
Especially in Michigan
Well I could be your friend
White clouds I'm in
A mitten full of fisherman
C'mon huckleberry finn
Show me how to make her grin
Well I'm in Michigan
Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
A rainy Lithuanian
Who's dancing as an Indian
Painted in my tiger skin
Especially in Michigan
Double chins and bowling pins
Unholy Presbyterians
Land is full of medicine
I find it when I'm slipping in
The tainted new librarian (into Michigan)
Who fainted when she tucked you in
Let's float away like zeppelins
On stoic gusts of northern wind
Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
Out on the farm we'll be
Swimming with the mother duck
Deep in the mitten where
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
Life is my friend
Underwater violins
Order now from ho chi min
A porcelain that comes in twins
Throw me in the looney bin
'Cause I can take it on the chin (when I'm in Michigan)
The cleavage of your pillow skin
Is moving like a violin
Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
Out on the farm we'll be
Swimming with the mother duck
Deep in the mitten where
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck, yeah
Lyrics submitted by prayingmantis84, edited by tenkai
Especially in Michigan Lyrics as written by Chad Smith Anthony Kiedis
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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