Remy: Moving to South Dakota

As some states go south, Remy heads west.

Music and lyrics by Remy. Instruments, background vocals, mixing and mastering by Ben Karlstrom.

LYRICS
Shopping for detergent but it's all locked up
The tax man and a guy in the alley want to take my stuff
Finally get to my door and I see Rob
That's the moment I discover that I stepped in a human log

That's why I'm moving to South Dakota
To a freer place that doesn't only view me as a ticket quota
I'm scraping human feces out the treads of my loafer
I wonder if I would be doing this if I lived down in Sarasota
Or South Dakota

I live in a box
It costs three grand a month
With bars on the windows so that people do not steal my stuff
The schools are…eh
My kid can't read
But to be fair to the teachers it is possible that she can't see

That's why I'm moving to South Dakota
To a place that isn't making me pay extra taxes on my soda
My bathroom toilet's four feet from my stove-ah
I hear it's better in a bunch of other places out in Arizona
Or South Dakota

As I sang that verse the schools got worse
How I wish that I could pause it
I get this thought each time I'm robbed and I'm hiding in my closet

I'm moving to South Dakota
To a place that doesn't over-tax and over-ticket my Toyota
I just Googled "human feces danger contact disease sole of my loafer"
It's times like this that have folks finding freer places they can go to
Like South Dakota

[Joe_for_real]

I can hear all of the South Dakotans screaming from where I sit in Arizona.

[QuietCastle]

Remy is by far the best thing about Reason

[ahealy]

Don't mention Sarasota! It's not a real place! We're full!

[zonked]

dang it. I only just now saw this one. Dunno why youtube didn't show this before.

[MCC]

While I've never been to South Dakota, as someone who moved from Colorado to Texas last year I felt this song on a spiritual level.

[zunalter]

I don't know why I'm still amazed at how much of a banger these songs are

[MrTimothynestor]

South Dakota is full. Also, it's mostly flat, cold and windy. -45 degree wind chills last December.

[jdroofcleanpw]

YES! South Dakota! It's not even an exaggeration anymore to say that Florida is full. It's like a completely different place than it was before COVID. Commute times have doubled and school districts and emergency services are all massively understaffed.

[todayontheinternet]

South Dakota, 'There ain't shit, and we like it that way.'

[LibertyEver]

Remy, Andrew Heaton and Austin Bragg are doing more to educate people than all of the think tanks combined. Comedic YouTube edutainment FTW!

[wayneschiferl]

LMFAO….born and raised in SD, hometown near Sioux Falls, pop 1500. moved to fl to go to college, , graduated, met my wife and stayed. I sure
Do miss the Midwest tho. After 30 yrs in big city, not sure if I can handle small town life, but sure do get tired of traffic, rude people and high cost of living. Miss my sister who’s still there.

[ajax]

I wouldn't pin your hopes on Arizona.

[jaewokG]

what we REALLY need is an update of the beverly hillbillies' theme song now that they're leaving california for west virginia, featuring tim pool

[purefury]

Arizona: Where the sun is always shining, the time never changes, and the driver's licenses don't expire.

[fortusvictus]

The winters do a great job of keeping people out of SD.
I live along the Gulf Coast, no such reprieve here. Housing prices are going up at the same time home insurance rates are doubling ever couple of years for magical reasons (I say magical because no one seems to believe foreign investment in US real-estate is a thing).

[dangroom]

Dude! Now that's an enjoyable country song! I wish modern country sounded like that.

[wreckingopossum]

Damn! I just heard a bunch of people scream "NO!! DON'T MOVE TO OUR STATE!" and I'm all the way down in Texas

[matthewteply]

I mean...if you can handle the winters, you'll love it.

[freethebirds]

I don't care how nice SD is, I'm retiring somewhere warm. I've lived 80% of my life south of the 39th parallel, and I intend to live the end of my life there, too.

[reluctantpunk]

Moved from Columbus, OH to South Dakota 2 years ago. Best decision we ever made.