Bob Wire: Listen!

• MP3 play whole song, hi-fi (broadband)
• MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)
• MP3 play whole song, lo-fi (modem)
• MP3 short clip, lo-fi play (modem)
• MP3 download whole song, hi-fi

I love Butte.

Butte should be its own state. It's one of the most hardscrabble, quirkiest places in Montana, and what a story this town has.
It's deserving of a high-flying tribute, and this is it. Play it loud, and play it proud.
Go Butte!

Let’s Go To Butte

Gonna take a ride down the interstate
Gonna go to Butte and I just can’t wait
I’d like to take a dip in the Berkley Pit
But it’ll cook your goose if you get too near it

Butte has a wild and colorful story
The Copper Kings and boomtown glory
Gold and silver and copper too
But the boom went bust and the bills came due

Chorus
California had the 49ers
Butte had a hundred thousand whores and miners
Used to be the richest hill on earth
But everybody knows what a hole is worth

There’s a big gold nugget in the rock museum
And every kind of rock if you want to see ‘em
At the M&M Bar you’ll never get lonely
But St. Patty’s Day is for professionals only

You want to see something that’s really scary
How about a ninety-foot Virgin Mary
Flowing robes and her hands spread wide
Way up there on the Continental Divide

Chorus
California had the 49ers
Butte had a hundred thousand whores and miners
Used to be the richest hill on earth
But everybody knows what a hole is worth

If you want to take a trip, Butte’s the one
It’s not just fun, it’s Superfund!