st. paul

i hit the city

oh

when i was only seventeen

in a beat-up wrangler with a console full of burnt cds

blew out my speakers with the same three wilco tracks

half a tank to get me there

and half to get me back

ah-ooh

ah-ooh

ah-ooh

ah-ooh

i cut my teeth playing sad folk songs on a cheap guitar

for all the counter drunks over at the turf club bar

x's on my hands

but i'd sneak a little booze

from a ponytail bartender with not a lot to lose

ah-ooh

ah-ooh

st. paul

all those nights you made me love you

st. paul

all the trouble we got into

i might run a million miles through a million cities

but there'll never be another one that's ever gonna get me

like st. paul

i cried a little as i watched the frozen mississippi

fade in my rearview as i made my way to music city

thought i mighta lost you a couple u-haul trips ago

then i open up my mouth and hear the minnesota wind blow

ah-ooh

ah-ooh

st. paul

all those nights you made me love you

st. paul

all the trouble we got into

i might run a million miles through a million cities

but there'll never be another one that's ever gonna get me

like st. paul

i ain't gonna lie

sometimes it hurts

you'll always be my first

st. paul

all those nights you made me love you

st. paul

all the trouble we got into

i might run a million miles through a million cities

but there'll never be another one that's ever gonna get me

like st. paul

oh-oh-oh

oh-oh-oh

oh-oh-oh

oh-oh-oh

oh-oh-oh

oh-oh-oh