Heart of the Heartland

There's a storm rolling in like a freight train,
Weather vain's spinning round
Just more bad news for a town that could use a little help right now
Cause there's always someone leaving,
Yes, we're slowly bleeding out,
Forget the good old days, it's minimum wage, or nothing else
But my roots run deep in these broken streets and alleyways
Like in one place

Just a nowhere town on an open plain, miles away from anything,
But it's where I was born and raised,
I could still hear mama call my name,
Oooooh, mama here I am,
In the heart of the Heartland

We used to ride our bikes from dawn to dusk, cover every inch of town
Running on (?), hell, we go nonstop and never slow down
There's ghosts on every corner, and a story down every street
We take a whole lot of lifetime to relive the long line of memory

Just a nowhere town on an open plain, miles away from anything,
But it's where I pitch that perfect game(?)
I could still hear mama call my name,
Oooooh, mama here I am,
In the heart of the Heartland

Just a nowhere town on an open plain, miles away from anything,
It's where I was born and raised,
I could still hear mama call my name,
Oooooh, mama here I am,
In the heart of the Heartland

In the heart of the Heartland