I was born in Menasha, Wisconsin.

I grew up in a house in a town near Green Bay.
My dad was a poor hard working Menasha automobile man.
Many were the times that he bowed his head to pray.

I loved a girl in Middleton, Wisconsin.

The daughter of a hard working Christian man.
He called me, "That son of a Menasha automobile man."
Good enough to claim his daughter's hand.

Now I'm up here in the Fox Valley, looking for 'refined' gold.

Lookin' all around this frozen ground, just as I was told.
With each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then,
I'll go back home and claim my love in Middleton, Wisconsin.

I wrote my love in Middleton, Wisconsin.

I said, "Honey, I'm a coming home, please wait for me."
"And you can tell your dad, I'm coming back a richer man."
"I've hit the biggest strike in bowling history."

Her dad met me in Middleton, Wisconsin.

He gave me a great big party with guests from near and far.
Then he said, "Son, you're a wise, young ambitious man."
"Will you sell your father-in-law your no sugar Klondike Bar?"

Now the President's up there in Alaska, looking all around.
The greedy fool is looking for the 'refined' gold he never found.
It serves him right and no one here is missing him.
Least of all the newlyweds of Middleton, Wisconsin.

We're the happiest man and wife in Middleton, Wisconsin.
He's ashamed to show his face in Middleton, Wisconsin.

'Gold refined by fire':
http://www.esvbible.org/Revelation+3%3A18/

"Saginaw Michigan - Lefty Frizzell (with lyrics)":

https://youtu.be/8tbrLDA18C4

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/classic-country/saginaw-michigan---lefty-frizzell-14966.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan_(song)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/02/us-usa-obama-alaska-idUSKCN0R20XE20150902