Middle West

From the Rio Grande to the Mississippi's flow I've been chasing ghosts, and the stories they know Through the desert sun and the Delta night I've been searching for a place, where my heart feels right Lost in the Middle West, where the heartlands breathe Open roads and freedom, that's where I wanna be Under Midwestern stars, I'll find my way In the heart of America, I'll stay I drove through Middle West Texas, where the desert sun beats down Passed through New Mexico's landscapes, like a painter's canvas frown Arizona's cactus shadows, stretched like skeletal hands Chasing the horizon, where the open road expands Lost in the Middle West, where the heartlands breathe Open roads and freedom, that's where I wanna be Under Midwestern stars, I'll find my way In the heart of America, I'll stay Southside Tennessee, the blues alive in the air Memphis city lights, they whisper "leave your worries there" Beale Street's vibrant pulse, soulful music in my soul I'm chasing the rhythm, of this restless heart of mine Twilight falls on Main Street, fireflies light the way I'll drive these country roads, till the break of day Middle West, you hold a piece of me In the heart of America, that's where I'll be Truck stop diners, coffee's strong and sweet Stories of lives unfolding, like the miles I can't beat The wind it keeps on whispering, through the wheat fields gold Reminds me of the wanderer, I've yet to unfold Lost in the Middle West, where the heartlands breathe Open roads and freedom, that's where I wanna be Under Midwestern stars, I'll find my way In the heart of America, I'll stay Maybe I'll find my home, in a place I never knew Maybe I'll lose my heart, in the fields of green and blue The Middle West, it calls me like a song A melody of simplicity, where I belong Lost in the Middle West, where the heartlands breathe Open roads and freedom, that's where I wanna be Under Midwestern stars, I'll find my way In the heart of America, I'll stay