Midwestern Girl lyrics - 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]