December 10, 2009
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New Holland State of Mind
Now this song is about a little town outside of Lancaster City, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. YOu might have heard of us…you most likely haven’t…but now you have!
NEW HOLLAND STATE OF MIND lyrics by: Matthew Beson
Im outta that East Earl
Now Im down on Jackson
Rollin. Through borough
Holland boy forever
Passing by dem Amish
Not much that you can miss
Yea I aint clean or crisp
In this town amid
All of this farmland
Surrounding your land
Gotcha wondering
Whens the smell gonna end
New developments
Growing like settlements
People moving in
Like hotel residents
There aint no night life
We sleep before twilight
A train passes by
Once in a while at midnight
Waking up old people
With its blasting whistle
Stopping all the traffic
But there aint no traffic
We got a shopping center
And 3 gas stations
Plus 2 dollar stores
So theres no wasting
And 1 Main street
You never heard of dis town where I live
So heres your chance cuzIn NEW HOLLAND
Farming town with cows, crops and buggies
Theres nothing left to do
Youre in NEW HOLLAND
In these streets you wont see much people
That might not inspire you
This is New Holland
Holland, New HollandBuggies slowing traffic
There aint nothing graphic
We got a few cops
In case of something drastic
We had a theater
Then it was a nightclub
The Ritz shutdown
Then it was a club again
Please come back again
And visit our town
Takes a few seconds
Just to take a look around
Talk a walk through downtown
It even makes me frown
There used to be a school here
But it got broken down
All the way to ground
But they built another
Outta city limits
But this is a small town
And that dont phase me
Im gonna break free
From this town
That always smells of horse pee
Travel to the Westside
And you will see
We have a Sheetz, a Subway
And a Mickey Dee
Then that the burger girl Wendy
Go ta Blockbuster
And rent a DVDIn NEW HOLLAND
Farming town with cows, crops and buggies
Theres nothing left to do
Youre in NEW HOLLAND
In these streets you wont see much people
That might not inspire you
This is New Holland
Holland, New HollandEvery October
New Holland comes popular
With lights and life
Farmshow spectacular
Funnel cake, corndog
Cigarette fume fog
games and prize
carnival thrill ride
3 days straight
NH is alive
But Sunday morning
Everything is bye
The games and fun
smoke and trash
Are Gone
Like Enronsmoney and cash
But this town moves on
At a slow steady pace
Praising a center
That took years to place
In the worst location
And awkward spot
About 10 miles
From any kids block
But thats my opinion
You should come and see
What New Holland
Holds in store for ye
This is Mobo signing off
Cuz New Holland
Is the New spotIn NEW HOLLAND
Farming town with cows, crops and buggies
Theres nothing left to do
Youre in NEW HOLLAND
In these streets you wont see much people
That might not inspire you
This is New Holland
Holland, New Holland
Comments (5)
I LOVE IT! If they want fun they need to eat at Yoder’s and shop at the Reuzit, that is what I do in New Holland.
@seedsower - have you ever had a chicken tender pretzel sandwich at Yoders? That is some good stuff right there.
A Sheetz! Good-golly, that’s where I pick up my Herr’s Catsup flavored chips when I’m in the area. Wait a minute. No it’s not. They sell those nasty Utz chips. Anyway, was excited to see Sheetz get a mention. (Did you know Herr’s is a Christian run operation, complete with a company chaplin etc.?)
@yorel - yup.
you know what….My mother’s maiden name was Herr
LOL! That is awesome. (When I saw the first line mention East Earl, I was hoping they would mention Shady Maple, but no such luck!)