LIFE IN THE FURNITURE CITY
LIFE IN THE FURNITURE CITY Copyright 2002 Words and Music by NED ALLEN ROUSE This and my life solemnly stand before me The furniture city, the Grand River, the waves of YCE The Division and Wealthy Street run A man with a gun Wildly dressed ladies moving down to 28th Street Restaurants and movies, only the malls can compete Amway and Jerry Ford They treat like the lord The bands, the bars, night time dancing for- Life in the Furniture City - With your passion for liquor stores Life in the Furniture City - Where's your rusty nails Life in the furniture city - the jolly trolley Life in the Furniture City - watch your alibi The festival downtown, the food They hang on the Calders bright hood The nighttime unravelers refrain Business is hurting again Life in the Furniture City - 3 TV stations/25 meteoroligists Life in the Furniture City - I can hardly wait Life in the Furniture City - 2 hour local newscasts Life in the Furniture City - gas up chopper 8 This was my try to tell of this town in a song The curfew has ended but at 2:00 AM Grand Rapids closes down Golf courses and cemeteries, Who remembers Buck Barry He must be out cruising' (good luck) looking for something to do In the Furniture City Life in the furniture city Life in the furniture city Life in the furniture city yea This is a song in touch with my community. I love the artists in our city. We all wish it was a little looser here. I wanted a fun ode to our chunk of life. This is my rockin' Tony Bennett/hell he broke it song
LIFE IN THE FURNITUTURE CITY HAS CHANGING LENTICULAR CD COVER ARTWORK