They get up on Sunday and go to church of their choice
 Come back home cook out in the backyard

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

 All the young men 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

 Chorus II:
 And they call this the Great Midwest
 Sure make a hell of a car
 And the old hearts, they race their way through 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

 Chorus III:
 And they call this the Great Midwest
 Where you sacrifice your body and soul
 And no one really wants to get even
 Most of us find it hard enough just lettin' go

 Bridge:
 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

 Chorus IV:
 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