"Have Mercy" by the Foxgloves
This is a song that celebrates the power of Minnesota winters by a band based in Minneapolis. The dark and cold are tough, but with the help of hotdish and sunlight on glittering snow, you can make it to spring thaw. "Oh Minnesota, have mercy on me."
HAVE MERCY
Up here in the north, we like our dish hot
And mostly we're satisfied, but sometimes we're not
That mean old winter trying to leave you to rot
And the wind makes you cry without even a thought
I'm not a woman of faith, but in January, even I pray
Have mercy, have mercy, oh Minnesota have mercy on me
The only things living are those sweet evergreens
And the long dark days bring me to my knees
It's the seventh day of as many degrees
But the north don't care she just do what she please
I'm not a woman of faith, but come February, even I pray
Have mercy, have mercy, oh Minnesota have mercy on me
Give me sunlight on the glittering snow
The kind of peace only northerners know
I've had as much gray as my cold heart can take
And the endless darkness seems like it'll stay, and stay, and stay
Have mercy, have mercy, oh Minnesota have mercy on me