The Great Midwest

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[Verse 1]
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Everything is slower here, 
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everybody's got a union card
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They get up on Sunday, go to church 
of their choice
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Come back home, cook out in the 
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backyard

[Chorus]
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And they call this the Great Midwest
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Where the cornfields grow and flow
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They're all 5 years ahead of their 
time
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Or 25 behind, I just don't know

[Verse 2]
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And all the young men talk about 
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their 4 wheel drives
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How much money they're gonna make 
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on Friday night
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And they like to brag about how 
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they mistreat their girlfriends
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Hey, let's get drunk, party it up,
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 start a fight

[Chorus]
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And they call this the Great Midwest
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Sure make a hell of a car
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And the old hearts, they race their 
way through the night
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The upheaval of who they really are

[Verse 3]
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Growin' up under normal 
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conditions, television and radio
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That's just about all of this whole 
world
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That any of us get to see, get to 
know

[Chorus]
Am                      G
And they call this the Great Midwest
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Where you sacrifice body and soul
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No one really wants to get even
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Most of us find it hard enough 
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just lettin' go

[Bridge]
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Don't get me wrong, I ain't 
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complaining
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I ain't braggin', nor do I mean to 
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place blame
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That's just the way things are 
around here
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And there's a future carryin' my 
name on it
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Sayin' hey man, you gonna stick 
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around here you better get on it
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If you're gonna stick around here
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You better make yourself some real 
good friends

[Verse 4]
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Well, I wasn't born with a silver 
spoon in my mouth
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So I can't talk about the big city 
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hi-life
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You wanna talk about bein' bored 
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and runnin'
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Away from yourself, hell, I can 
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talk to you all night

[Chorus]
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And they call this the Great Midwest
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Where livin' is just gettin' by
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And people, they trade in their 
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happiness
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For a smokestack, a big money deal
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 in the sky