Prairie Public Shorts
Samantha Grimes "Wheaton County"
10/4/2024 | 3m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Samantha Grimes performs "Wheaton County".
Samantha Grimes brings her mesmerizing voice and quick witted lyrics to the stage along with her left-handed and upside down guitar playing! Her original music reaches back to some of her favorites from throughout her career. Listen as she performs "Wheaton County".
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Prairie Public Shorts is a local public television program presented by Prairie Public
Prairie Public Shorts
Samantha Grimes "Wheaton County"
10/4/2024 | 3m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Samantha Grimes brings her mesmerizing voice and quick witted lyrics to the stage along with her left-handed and upside down guitar playing! Her original music reaches back to some of her favorites from throughout her career. Listen as she performs "Wheaton County".
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(guitar music) ♪ In Wheaton County it's close to three am ♪ ♪ And the bars are slowly turning down their lights ♪ ♪ Two boys are sulking in their Killian's Irish Red ♪ ♪ Reminiscing every minute from that night ♪ ♪ It's been 10 years since they last walked those halls ♪ ♪ Every doorway looks and feels the same ♪ ♪ But the class of '93 seems stuck upon the page ♪ ♪ Everyone is gone everyone has changed ♪ ♪ 'Cause sometimes 10 years go by ♪ ♪ And you're stuck in the same life ♪ ♪ Never left the place you swore you'd leave behind ♪ ♪ Everyone around you has passed you by ♪ (guitar music continues) ♪ Like Jacob Warner is now an engineer ♪ ♪ Phillip Hurley lives in Tennessee ♪ ♪ Douglas Frank McCarthy was killed in Kosovo ♪ ♪ And his best friend became an actor on the silver screen ♪ ♪ Our two heroes sitting at a bar on Ferris Drive ♪ ♪ Lived and worked a decade in this town ♪ ♪ But with all the opportunity they gave up in the past ♪ ♪ They've come to see their futures ♪ ♪ In the faces of their dads ♪ ♪ 'Cause sometimes 10 years go by ♪ ♪ And you're stuck in the same life ♪ ♪ Never left the place you swore you'd leave behind ♪ ♪ Everyone around you has passed you by ♪ ♪ And tonight it feels like you are in the waiting line ♪ ♪ Oh you're in the shade while others get the shine ♪ ♪ And you're SOL because you wouldn't try ♪ ♪ And everyone around you has passed you by ♪ ♪ Oh oh yeah yeah ♪ ♪ In Wheaton County it's noon or sometime close ♪ ♪ They found him with a pistol in his hand ♪ ♪ And everybody knew his name and all knew his woes ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's common knowledge ♪ ♪ That's how life in Wheaton County goes ♪ ♪ Sometimes 10 years go by ♪ ♪ And you're stuck in the same life ♪ ♪ Never left the place you swore you'd leave behind ♪ ♪ And everyone around you has passed you by ♪ ♪ And tonight it feels like you are in the waiting line ♪ ♪ Oh you're in the shade while others get the shine ♪ ♪ And you're SOL because you wouldn't try ♪ ♪ And everyone around you has passed you by ♪ ♪ Oh oh oh oh oh ♪ - [Announcer] Funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota, on November 4th, 2008, and by the members of Prairie Public.
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