New artist discovery-Sufjan Steven

Okay but why do I love this guy? (Maybe b/c his voice sounds a bit like Michael Franks?) Save for the fact that he did a song titled after my beloved city...(I did check out his other songs and they are equally beautiful) there is something about his music that is hauntingly beautiful...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVkSdf_AMWM

Romulus-Sufjan Steven

Once when our mother called
She had a voice of last year's cough
We passed around the phone
Sharing a word about Oregon
When my turn came, I was ashamed
When my turn came, I was ashamed

Once when we moved away
She came to Romulus for a day
Her Chevrolet broke down
We prayed it'd never be fixed or found
We touched her hair, we touched her hair
We touched her hair, we touched her hair

When she had her last child
Once when she had some boyfriends, some wild
She moved away quite far
Our grandpa bought us a new VCR
We watched it all night, we grew up in spite of it
We watched it all night, we grew up in spite of it

We saw her once last fall
Our grandpa died in a hospital gown
She didn't seem to care
She smoked in her room and colored her hair
And I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed of her