A Prairie Home Companion: January 28, 2006 - West Lafayette/Railroad Bill lyrics

West Lafayette/Railroad Bill lyrics
Saturday, January 28, 2006
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Here by the river, on high ground
An hour from Indianapolis, / two from Chitown
West Lafayette

The Wabash River flows along
Not just a river it's / the state song
Hey, hey, hey

Kids in this town are the / smartest alive
Thirteen Merit Scholars in the/ class of '05
West Lafayette

Women run the town, they / make it work.
The mayor, council president, the judge and city clerk
West Lafayette

Kurt Vonnegut's a Hoosier, what fine / books he wrote
and Theodore Dreiser was born in Terre Haute.
Hey, hey, hey

Booth Tarkington was from / Indiana
And Hoagy, who wrote "Stardust" / at the piana
Hey, hey, hey

You can go and attend Purdue
If you have a high I.Q.
Hey, hey, hey

At Purdue you better / be prepared
To know why E equals Mc squared
Hey, hey, hey

With 2 time zones / in one state
Better come early so you / won't be late
Hey, hey, hey

Lafayette, Layfayette
You should come if you ain't / been here yet
Hey, hey, hey