Life in Minneapolis (Live) Lyrics

I don't know why it's so hard

To write a simple Christmas card

This one's a few years late

Sorry that you had to wait

Winter's long and summer's short

Not much else to report

That's life in Minneapolis

Janey smokes a bowl a day

So do I but anyway

Deb loves the winter cold

Scott's out there blowing snow

Pickles taste the best to me

Eaten at the kitchen sink

That's life in Minneapolis

Barb and Dave they almost drowned

Canoeing on a lake somehow

Courtney had herself a kid

Chris and Anne a couple twins

Covid got my uncle Rob

Lost Mom to QAnon

And that's life in Minneapolis

Kenza made herself at home

I learned to be alone

Bought a fixer upper house

It's tiny but it counts

The helicopters never stop

Everybody hates the cops

That's life in Minneapolis

Derek murdered mister Floyd

The five oh were so annoyed

They rode around in unmarked vans

Shooting at pedestrians

Maggie made a press jacket

Out of an old life vest

That's life in Minneapolis

When the Lake Street Arby's burned

The mayor hid behind a fern

Officers used pepper spray

Rubber bullets to the face

That's how Linda lost an eye

Press badge ain't worth a dime

That's life in Minneapolis

The mayor put on quite a show

At George's funeral

Then he hid behind the chief

The old guard dragged their feet

The governor he parked a tank

On Hennepin and Lake

That's life in Minneapolis

Derek Chauvin went to jail

Garrison went off the rails

City Pages went kaput

City council got the boot

Somewhere in there Leah died

Don't know why I couldn't cry

And that's life in Minneapolis

Little Earth filled up with tents

Chief Arradondo left

Daniel gave me his old bike

I ride around the lake at night

Three cheers for Jeremy

He's back in therapy

That's life in Minneapolis

L and J moved to New York

Yada yada dinner fork

I'd like to go there too

But I've still got work to do

That Arby's was a start

Next up the old Kmart

That's life in Minneapolis

Yeah that's life in Minneapolis