Great Mid-west Lyrics - Mellencamp John Cougar

Everything is slower here, everybody's got a union card 

They get up on Sunday, go to church of their choice 

Come back home, cook out in the backyard 

And they call this the Great Midwest 

Where the cornfields row and flow 

They're all five years ahead of their time 

Or 25 behind, I just don't know 

All the young me talk about their 4-wheel drives 

And how much money they're gonna make on Friday night 

And they like to brag about how they mistreat their girlfriends 

Hey, let's get drunk, party it up, start a fight 

And they call this the Great Midwest 

Sure make a hell of a car 

And the old hearts, they race their way though the night 

The upheaval of who they really are 

Growin' up under normal conditions, television and radio 

That's just about all of this whole world 

That any of us get to see, get to know 

And they call this the Great Midwest 

Where you sacrifice body and soul 

And no one really wants to get even 

Most of us find it hard enough just lettin' go 

Don't get me wrong, I ain't complaining 

I ain't braggin', nor do I mean to place blame 

That's just the way things are around here 

And there's a future carryin' my name on it 

Sayin', hey man, you gonna stick around here, you better get on it 

If you're gonna stick around here 

You better make yourself some real good friends 

Well, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth 

So I can't talk about the big city life 

But if you wanna talk about bein' bored and runnin' away from yourself 

Hell, I talk to you all night 

And they call this the Great Midwest 

Where livin' is just gettin' by 

And people trade in their happiness 

For a smokestack, a big money deal in the sky 

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