Saginaw Michigan - John Prine, Mac Wiseman

I was born in Saginaw, Michigan

I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay

My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman

Too many times he brought home too little pay

I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan

The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man

But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman

Not good enough to claim his daughter’s hand

Now I’m up here in Alaska looking around for gold

Like a crazy fool I’m digging in this frozen ground so cold

With each day I pray I’ll strike it rich and then

Go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan

I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan

Said, «Honey, I’m coming home, please wait for me And you can tell your dad I’m coming home a richer man

I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history»

Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan

Gave me a great big party with champagne

And he said, «Son, you’re a wise, young, ambitious man

Won’t you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim?»

Now he’s up there in Alaska digging in the cold hard ground

The greedy fool is looking for the gold I never found

It serves him right and no one here is missing him

Least of all, the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan

We’re the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan

He’s ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan