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Song lyrics spray painted on Saginaw's vacant buildings

Michigan Public | By Kyle Norris
Published December 19, 2010 at 5:44 PM EST
An underground arts project is happening in Saginaw
Saginaw, Michigan

A group of artists in Saginaw has been spray painting the lyrics to Simon & Garfunkel's bittersweet song "America" onto vacant buildings in Saginaw.

NPR has more on a story we posted earlier. The man spearheading the project, Eric Schantz, says he can relate to the song's lyrics:

"'Kathy' I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh Michigan seems like a dream to me now It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw I've gone to look for America"

NPR a slide show of buildings tagged with the lyrics.

 

 
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Kyle Norris
Kyle Norris is from Michigan and spent ten years as a host and reporter with Michigan Radio, the state’s largest NPR-affiliate. He lives in Seattle and works as a substitute host and producer at KNKX.
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