Name: Beantown
Duration: P00H04M10S
Description: Every time I go to Boston, I fall in love with it a little bit more; it will forever be the greatest place in the world in my eyes.

Beantown

by Hannah Bates

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Every time I go to Boston, I fall in love with it a little bit more; it will forever be the greatest place in the world in my eyes.

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"West coast, best coast" that's a lie
It's not my cup of tea
I'm an east coast girl myself
and more specifically
Fenway, Kenmore, Huntington,
Columbus, Summer Street
Nowhere will ever be quite as nice
as Beantown is to me (2x)

Take the Green Line up to Park Street
The Red Line to Downtown
The Orange Line to Ruggles
Yeah, that's how I get around
I know at first it's daunting
but there ain't no other way
Soon enough you'll learn to love
the MBTA (2x)

Tea parties by the harbor
A deadly massacre
A hero made a midnight ride
so he could spread the word
One if by land and two if by sea -
the light was in his hands
It's humbling to know that Beantown's
where it all began (2x)

Our favorite word is "wicked"
and our favorite color's green
We invented snide remarks
Yeah, you know what I mean
We're rough around the edges
but we're loyal to the bone
We're proud that it's our city
and we're proud that it's our home (2x)

New Orleans's got the music
New York City's got the shine
People say I'd like Seattle
and Georgia's on my mind
Each one of these lovely places
sound pretty nice to me
but nowhere will ever be quite as nice
as Beantown is to me (2x)
There ain't no place in the whole wide world
that I would rather be
Nowhere will ever be quite as nice
as Beantown is to me

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released September 11, 2015
Written by Hannah Bates//Performed by Hannah Bates and Josh Vong//Produced by Josh Vong

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