I was sitting in a detroit bar this guy he says to meYou must be from canada, newfoundland maybeNo, i said, your slightly off, as i pointed with my beerIâm from up above the mitten, this place over hereI still wear my swampers and i drive my beat up truckI go up to witch lake every year to get my buckWhen i get back to detroit all the guys they laugh at meTwo weeks at the deer camp and iâm speaking yoopaneseIâm a yooperman from yooperland, youâll find us everywhereI come here for the paychecks, but i miss that u.p. airIâm a yooperman from yooperland, iâm not down here by choiceMy heart is back in yooperland but my ass is in detroitMy wife is from mt. clemens, sheâs a troll from down belowI dragged her up to yooperland, she didnât wanna goBut when she saw the colors and she smelled that u.p. airNow she wants to quit her job and go to live up thereI work hard for henry ford i never miss a dayI donât like the city but i sure donât mind the payMy kids were born below the bridge but their roots they canât forgetWe head north to yooperland every chance we getIâm a yooperman from yooperland, youâll find us everywhereI come here for the paychecks, but i miss that u.p. airIâm a yooperman from yooperland, im not down here by choiceMy heart is back in yooperland, but my ass is in detroit