Iowa Lyrics - Many Great Companions - Dar Williams

I've never had a way with women 

But the hills of Iowa make me wish that I could 

And I've never found a way to say I love you 

But if the chance came by, oh I, I would 

But way back where I come from we never mean to bother 

We don't like to make our passions other peoples concern 

And we walk in the world of safe people 

And at night we walk into our houses and burn 

Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa 

Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa 

How I long to fall just a little bit 

To dance out of the lines and stray from the light 

But I fear that to fall in love with you 

Is to fall from a great and gruesome height 

So you know I asked a friend about it, on a bad day 

Her husband had just left her, she sat down on the chair he'd left behind 

She said, "What is love, where did it get me? 

Whoever thought of love is no friend of mine" 

Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa 

Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa 

Once I had everything, I gave it up 

For the shoulder of your driveway and the words I've never felt 

So for you, I came this far across the tracks 

Ten miles above the limit, and with no seatbelt, and I'd do it again 

For tonight I went running through the screen doors of discretion 

For I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see 

You were a-wandering out on the hills of Iowa 

And you were not thinking of me 

Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa 

Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa 

Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa 

Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa