Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song U.S. Knitting, artist - Momus.
Date of issue: 05.12.2019
Song language: English
U.S. Knitting |
Mary-Beth is living in a world of her own |
Sitting in the schoolhouse she sews all day with twine |
Making up a picture, making up a song |
Some people say she’s unusual in the mind |
They say that she’s unusual in the mind |
My name’s Abe, I run the general store |
Mary-Beth's a strange one, pretty in her way |
Sitting in the classroom, a-rocking and a-swaying |
A-Sewing and a-knitting to the rhythms of the rain |
Stuff from what she’s seen mixed with stuff from in her brain |
And some say that you’ll see America in there |
Folks say you’ll see America there |
One day I had a strange dream and Mary Beth was in it |
I dreamed I plucked a bunch of flowers and went to make a visit |
I marched up to the schoolhouse and bent down on one knee |
Asked Mary-Beth respectfully if she would marry me |
Asked Mary-Beth if she would marry me |
I said 'My name’s Abe, I run the general store' |
Mary-Beth gazed down from the chair where she was sitting |
Said 'Abraham I thank you, and I will, on one condition |
Change the name of the store you keep, call it US Knitting |
And move it stone by stone to the top of Sugar Mountain |
Move that building up to the top of Sugar Mountain |
We will rebuild the general store |
'There we’ll sell my samplers, make paintings and sing songs |
Wait for the Lion of Judah who is rising like the sun |
Our pets will be the eagles, our crest a rampant bear |
And we will see the whole of America from there |
Some of it is pretty, and some is pretty queer |
But we’ll see the whole of America there' |
Mary-Beth's proviso didn’t seem so strange |
I told her 'That scenario is easily arranged |
We’ll live on Sugar Mountain, I’ll bring my General Store |
We’ll call it US Knitting and sell samplers by the door |
Our pets will be the eagles, and our crest a rampant bear |
And when the Lion of Judah roars a mighty roar |
We’ll see the whole of America there' |