You oughta be from Indiana Growing up on sky and open space You could wishing star your dreams for hours In endless fields of corn and flowers And there's still room to make mistakes You oughta be from Indiana You woulda loved that Autumn wind Friday nights and football games And that year we went to state Even though we didn't win But life Hid you away inside the city Where nothing learned is ever easy There's no telling what you missed But time Won't let me write your heartache over I'm not gonna say it madе you stronger Even though I know it did We'll say it got you right hеre where I met you But you oughta be from Indiana I know you'd tell me that I'm wrong You know the secret of the skyline Sleeping through the sirens all night But there's another place where you'd belong You oughta be from somewhere quiet Where it's OK to be afraid Where there's time for growing up Doesn't have to happen all at once There's more out there than being brave But life Hid you away inside the city Where nothing learned is ever easy There's no telling what you missed But time Won't let me write your heartache over I'm not gonna say it made you stronger Even though I know it did We'll say it got you right here where I met you But you oughta be from Indiana Now that I've said it I can't help but think Maybe I just wish I had you there with me But life Hid you away inside the city Where nothing learned is ever easy There's no telling what you missed But time Won't let me write your heartache over I'm not gonna say it made you stronger Even though I know it did But I'm glad it got you right here where I met you But you oughta be from Indiana