U.S. Knitting-Momus

[ti:U.S. Knitting] [ar:Momus] [al:Folktronic] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]U.S. Knitting - Momus [00:08.65]Mary Beth is living in a world of her own [00:12.10] [00:12.82]Sitting in the schoolhouse [00:14.89]She sews all day with twine [00:16.51] [00:17.04]Making up a picture making up a song [00:20.13] [00:21.21]Some people say she's unusual in the mind [00:24.60] [00:25.36]They say that she's unusual in the mind [00:28.01] [00:29.80]My name's Abe I run the general store [00:33.48] [00:42.43]Mary Beth's a strange one pretty in her way [00:45.65] [00:46.53]Sitting in the classroom a rocking and a swaying [00:50.69]A Sewing and a knitting to the rhythms of the rain [00:54.18] [00:55.13]Stuff from what she's seen mixed [00:57.20]With stuff from in her brain [00:58.61] [00:59.12]And some say that you'll see America in there [01:02.58] [01:03.48]Folks say you'll see America there [01:08.33] [01:16.11]One day I had a strange dream [01:18.31]And Mary Beth was in it [01:20.29]I dreamed I plucked a bunch of [01:22.15]Flowers and went to make a visit [01:24.30]I marched up to the schoolhouse [01:26.62]And bent down on one knee [01:28.01] [01:28.72]Asked Mary Beth respectfully [01:30.76]If she would marry me [01:32.07] [01:32.80]Asked Mary Beth if she would marry me [01:35.19] [01:36.92]I said 'My name's Abe I run the general store' [01:41.48] [01:49.94]Mary Beth gazed down from [01:51.79]The chair where she was sitting [01:53.90]Said 'Abraham I thank you [01:55.84]And I will on one condition [01:57.33] [01:58.30]Change the name of the store [01:59.62]You keep call it US Knitting [02:01.68] [02:02.36]And move it stone by stone to [02:04.21]The top of Sugar Mountain [02:06.03] [02:06.67]Move that building up to the [02:08.59]Top of Sugar Mountain [02:10.16] [02:11.01]We will rebuild the general store [02:15.36] [02:23.69]There we'll sell my samplers [02:25.56]Make paintings and sing songs [02:27.11] [02:27.74]Wait for the Lion of Judah [02:29.58]Who is rising like the sun [02:31.09] [02:31.81]Our pets will be the eagles [02:33.96]Our crest a rampant bear [02:35.38] [02:36.01]And we will see the whole [02:37.89]Of America from there [02:39.79] [02:40.39]Some of it is pretty and some is pretty queer [02:43.73] [02:44.43]But we'll see the whole of America there [02:49.40] [03:05.92]Mary Beth's proviso didn't seem so strange [03:09.82]I told her That scenario is easily arranged [03:13.47] [03:14.02]We'll live on Sugar Mountain [03:16.04]I'll bring my General Store [03:17.70] [03:18.35]We'll call it US Knitting and [03:20.36]Sell samplers by the door [03:22.50]Our pets will be the eagles [03:24.40]And our crest a rampant bear [03:26.75]And when the Lion of Judah roars a mighty roar [03:30.36] [03:30.99]We'll see the whole of America there