So in class on Monday we briefly talked about skyways, and having lived in Minneapolis for four years I used them with some frequency--although the downtown restaurant in which I worked was connected to a parking garage and so I didn't use them every day. I was reminded of the lyrics to the classic Replacements song "Skyway." Here they are:
You take the skyway, high above the busy little one-way
In my stupid hat and gloves, at night I lie awake
Wonderin’ if I’ll sleep
Wonderin’ if we’ll meet out in the street
But you take the skyway
It don’t move at all like a subway
It’s got bums when it’s cold like any other place
It’s warm up inside
Sittin’ down and waitin’ for a ride
Beneath the skyway
Oh, then one day, I saw you walkin’ down that little one-way
Where, the place I’d catch my ride most everyday
There wasn’t a damn thing I could do or say
Up in the skyway
