US Knitting

Mary-Beth is living in a world of her own

Sitting in the schoolhouse she sews all day with twine

Making up a picture, making up a song

Some people say she's unusual in the mind

They say that she's unusual in the mind

My name's Abe, I run the general store



Mary-Beth's a strange one, pretty in her way

Sitting in the classroom, a-rocking and a-swaying

A-Sewing and a-knitting to the rhythms of the rain

Stuff from what she's seen mixed with stuff from in her brain

And some say that you'll see America in there

Folks say you'll see America there



One day I had a strange dream and Mary Beth was in it

I dreamed I plucked a bunch of flowers and went to make a visit

I marched up to the schoolhouse and bent down on one knee

Asked Mary-Beth respectfully if she would marry me

Asked Mary-Beth if she would marry me

I said 'My name's Abe, I run the general store'



Mary-Beth gazed down from the chair where she was sitting

Said 'Abraham I thank you, and I will, on one condition

Change the name of the store you keep, call it US Knitting

And move it stone by stone to the top of Sugar Mountain

Move that building up to the top of Sugar Mountain

We will rebuild the general store



'There we'll sell my samplers, make paintings and sing songs

Wait for the Lion of Judah who is rising like the sun

Our pets will be the eagles, our crest a rampant bear

And we will see the whole of America from there

Some of it is pretty, and some is pretty queer

But we'll see the whole of America there'



Mary-Beth's proviso didn't seem so strange

I told her 'That scenario is easily arranged

We'll live on Sugar Mountain, I'll bring my General Store

We'll call it US Knitting and sell samplers by the door

Our pets will be the eagles, and our crest a rampant bear

And when the Lion of Judah roars a mighty roar

We'll see the whole of America there'