A/N: Let's begin with some boring behind the scenes/disclaimer stuff. The day of writing, I was sitting in my Intro to Construction class, and I suddenly began to have thoughts about Rio. Y'know, the movie that just might defeat Pixar at the Oscars next year, not the city? While I haven't seen the movie myself, the adverts, not to mention how clever they were, made a frikkin' fan outta me. So, anyway, I'd been secretly singing Lynyrd Skynyrd's version of "Sweet Home Alabama" throughout some of the day, and connections began to be made with Blu, who, as you know, lived most of his life up in Minnesota. I live in a state that borders it, and one of my friends at school moved into my hometown from there, so it felt a little close to home, if you ask me. That's... when I got the idea for this little poem. In 'verse, and on your screens, it's meant to be something Blu put down on a computer screen in good ol' Rio de Janiero as a sort of tribute to the Gopher State. (I mean, c'mon; never, everforget where you came from.) Over on my side of the screen, it's a simple transpose job I put together to release during Labor Day weekend. I imagine a lot of folks (especially you!) will be up and surfing the web or playin' some Charlie Oscar Delta, so I set the objective of readying some content (including WMD and FWR chapters for you followers of mine!) for all y'all that day; this was part of it.

Anyway, I just want to say before we take off here (see what I did there?) that I DO NOT own Rio or the song I've transposed into this poem. Rio belongs to Blue Sky Studios, "Sweet Home Alabama" belongs to Lynyrd Skynyrd, although the majority of the original band members are either dead or have left.

Sweet Home Minnesota

by

Tyler Blu Gunderson

These turbines keep on turnin'

Carry me home to see my kin

Singin' songs about the Union

I miss ol' Minnie once again

(And I think it's a sin, yes)

Well, I heard Ms. Gunder sing about 'er

Well, I heard ol' Blu put her down (on a computer, that is)

Well, I hope this bird young will remember

Some Northern birds don't want him around anyhow!

Sweet Home Minnesota

Where the skies are Blue (Wait a minute...)

Sweet Home Minnesota

Oh, I'm comin' home to you

In Minneap' they love the gov'nr (Uh, hello?)

Now, we all did what we could do

Now, this Jewel of Brazil does not bother me

Does your conscience bother you?

(C'mon, tell the truth!)

Sweet Home Minnesota

Where the skies are Blue (Hold on... Blue?)

Sweet Home Minnesota

Oh, I'm comin' home to you

(Here I come, Minnesota!)

Now, Moose Lake has got the Smokers

They've been known to pick a song (or two!)

Oh, they used to get me off my tail so much

They picked me up when I felt blue

(Now how about that?)

Sweet Home Minnesota

Where the skies are Blue (Gotta be a coincidence...)

Sweet Home Minnesota

Oh, I'm comin' home to you

Sweet Home Minnesota

(Home sweet home!)

Where the skies are Blue

(And the governor's true... pffft!)

Sweet Home Minnesota

(Oh, yeah!)

Oh, I'm comin' home to you

A/N: And that's all there was to it! I understand, this idea could not have come at a better time for me. Now, if there's anything else like this, please let me know (although I will acknowledge right off the bat that Minneapolis ("Minneap'") is not the capital of Minnesota. Rule of Cool was in play there.). No story prior to this, as this was just a simple idea/transpose job. So simple, in fact, I wrote it all in OpenOffice. (How's that for starters?) Thanks for reading, whether you're a member of the fandom of Rio, one of my fans, or a random passerby that just so happened to spot this on the Rio section of this site, and I will possibly see you again reading some other piece of content I put up this weekend. Fare-thee-well for now!