Midwestern Girl

Carbon Leaf She's a midwestern girl Her heart is paper mache With a tornado ripping through 'Cause she is ready for change California was fine And she can soak up the sun But she's returning to her roots Where she will always belong I-O-W-A, now I-O-W-A, now She's a midwestern girl She's finally back in her state I'm just a ghost out in the field Virginia's so far away She has the mane of a lion Husky eyes that are framed And cheekbones sculpted on the winds of I-O-W-A Tell her when she's not around Tell her as you're leaving town Tell her when she's not around Tell her everything now But what are you supposed to say To a midwestern girl as you are driving away Well if you see your soulmate standing out in a field Keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel Down at the Val Air Ballroom Out in western Des Moines She's dancing out on the dance floor And I feel high Now the mirror ball spinning It's a hundred degrees It's always safer when it's crowded But there are no guarantees Tell her when she's not around Tell her everything is fine Tell her when she's not around Before her roots take over But I don't know what you're supposed to say To a midwestern girl a thousand miles away Well if you see your soulmate standing out in a field Keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel I'm just a ghost in a field And she's a tundra queen A midwestern girl beside an old evergreen If you see your soulmate standing out in a field Keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel She's a midwestern girl I got in late in the game But I am driving in my mind to I-O-W-A I-O-W-A, now (with crowd looping)