This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
I don't care to say
What I failed to recognize
Every single day
From the poker to the prize
Running out of Springfield, I worked for the Capitol Air
In the bags
Found a woman there who said, she had a mind
To make me a messenger man
If my father took his life
For the national plan
I don't care, I'm not about to stick my grave
With an apron and a bucket of plans
Never ever, I can take the pillow cases
Off the yellow pillows, make a property line
From the bed in the living room, the living room
The morning papers made the most out of nothing at all
So we took the room
With a view of the runaway
I took off my clothes
And she took it for a holiday
I was taken for all the things
That I never had before
Running out of Springfield, she left me
With a note saying, "Bobby, don't look back"
And if my wife took a bicycle ride
With a knife in her hand
I saw it coming all the shad-flies run at once
With a trumpet or a train, oh, I'm running from it
Wait a minute, wait a minute, give a minute, lady
I can explain the aftershave
Wait a minute, wait a minute, give a minute
Bobby got a shad fly caught in his hair, yes, he does
What I failed to recognize
Every single day
From the poker to the prize
Running out of Springfield, I worked for the Capitol Air
In the bags
Found a woman there who said, she had a mind
To make me a messenger man
If my father took his life
For the national plan
I don't care, I'm not about to stick my grave
With an apron and a bucket of plans
Never ever, I can take the pillow cases
Off the yellow pillows, make a property line
From the bed in the living room, the living room
The morning papers made the most out of nothing at all
So we took the room
With a view of the runaway
I took off my clothes
And she took it for a holiday
I was taken for all the things
That I never had before
Running out of Springfield, she left me
With a note saying, "Bobby, don't look back"
And if my wife took a bicycle ride
With a knife in her hand
I saw it coming all the shad-flies run at once
With a trumpet or a train, oh, I'm running from it
Wait a minute, wait a minute, give a minute, lady
I can explain the aftershave
Wait a minute, wait a minute, give a minute
Bobby got a shad fly caught in his hair, yes, he does
Lyrics submitted by crochetyouahat
Springfield, Or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair Lyrics as written by Sufjan Stevens
Lyrics © NEW JERUSALEM MUSIC
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In addition to wanderingmounty's information on the shadfly: I looked up Bobby and Springfield, Illinois. the only person I found was comedian born there in 1888 or so who started with small parts, then he did predominantly efiminate parts, then he became famous for playing hitler in movies. Towards the end of his career, he was simply waiting to get little one-liners in a few movies. That sounds similar to the story of the shadfly...spending most of his life unnoticed(under water) and then he finally comes above surface to get his break(as HITLER of all things) and everything falls apart from there as he is no longer needed. Or maybe he has nothing to do with the song, but Sufjan seems to introduce the history of these places into his stories...Maybe I'll come back and critique it further some other time. In the mean time, look it up urself and see what you find.