Don't Come Here to Live

Songs of Substance ©2021 Sockpuppet https://sockpuppet.band/ Cover artwork by Awkward Starstuff Track 5: Don't Come Here to Live Get the album at https://sockpuppet.band/album/songs-of-substance *ABOUT THIS TRACK* This song isn't about Portland, but it also isn't *not* about Portland. It's also about Seattle. But also it was just written for the Song Fight! Live Fight in Portland, in 2015. *LYRICS* We’re so happy that you want to stay But our city’s full please go away We don’t want to turn away your kind So come anyway, I guess we won’t mind We know what you’ve seen on the TV How we live our lives totally fancy free But you really ought to know Portlandia is just a show We are passive, and aggressive Sacred bike rights often start fights But we all drive, when you arrive We say you'll never need a car We have hipsters - Silly tricksters We’re ironic - Catatonic Brew our own beer, but please don’t fear ‘Cause there’s always PBR So you live here now, you want a job? I guess