Walleye

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I put together the words and tune of the chorus and the tune to the verses a number of years ago, but couldn’t get the words in the verses to my liking. So the song was never finished until Becky (and Gabe) got those words just right. Becky also added the tune and words to the bridge. The idea was to have a song that stood up for all that is great in the Midwest against the vanity of the east and west coasts. When Becky and Gabe got done with it, it was just perfect!

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WALLEYE
(B. Stark, R. Stark, G. McElwain)

Well, folks are awful fancy out in New York City.
They drink champagne and race their yachts along Long Island Sound.
The ladies wear designer clothes and gosh, do they look pretty!
And they all think that flounder is the finest fish around.

The snow on the Sierras melts and water fills Lake Tahoe.
This alpine gem is nestled in the mountains, cold and clean.
When skiers come in off the slopes and sit down to their suppers,
the fish du jour is lake trout—it’s the western haute cuisine.

CHORUS:
But there ain’t no lake like Huron
with its waters so sparkling and blue.
And there ain’t another fish like the walleye, honey,
and there ain’t another girl like you.

Well, they say the salmon’s super in Seattle,
and that the crayfish in New Orleans takes the cake.
And I hear the bass are biting down in Turnbull, Alabama.
Ah, but there is only one fish I prefer to steam, or boil, or bake.

I have baited hooks for cichlids out of Tanganyika,
been eye to eye with sturgeons they pulled out of Lake Baikal;
I’ve climbed down into Devil’s Hole and faced the mighty pupfish,
but in my opinion walleye is the greatest fish of all.

CHORUS

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from HURON, released March 25, 2014

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Some of Kitchen Table, Illinois' favorite United States of America include Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, California, Oregon, and Idaho.

Some of our favorite geographical features include freshwater islands, brownlands, steep grades, ravines, tunnels, and horizons.

Some of our favorite emotions include love, heartbreak, and anger.

We write songs about all of the above and more. ... more

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