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MINNESOTA DAWN / © 1976 James Barton
From the Tornado CD

Every gentleman knows how it goes when you turn around and ask what it’s all about
Any lady with a brain in her head knows it’s not a good deal when you’re half dead
In twenty-five years you’ll be in the clear, but you know it’s not right
With money in the bank who’s to thank when you’re loving yourself on Saturday night?

I was lying by the road with the blues on the brain, thinking ‘bout a lady up north
I looked down south and opened up my mouth and giggled at what came out
Never mind the noise ‘cause you got a choice and you know it’s a dance
Set yourself a course, make it due north baby and leave the rest to chance

And I’d drive all night long through the driving rain and the freezing snow
Just to know that I can roll in my lover’s arms in the Minnesota dawn

Everybody’s got the hopes and desires of a thousand unattainable goals
What they read in the paper, they read in the book, when they listen to the radio
Never mind what you read, ‘cause what you need is one of a kind
And wouldn’t it be nice to simplify your life, smooth it up and let it shine

And I’d drive all night long through the driving rain and the freezing snow
Just to know that I can roll in my lover’s arms in the Minnesota dawn

All the people want, and all the people need
It’s a complicated, syncopated dream
You can simplify, and you can justify
You gotta hold on tight to what you mean

And when it all comes down
That’s what it’s all about
And I’ve got no doubt anymore
And when it all comes down
That’s what it’s all about
And I’ve got no doubt anymore, anymore

And I’d drive all night long through the driving rain and the freezing snow