The Midwest Fall
Listen to the wind
Lonesome is the sound
Blowing in changes and breaking through this town
Listen to the heartbeat, heartland's barely breathing
Hope and faith are still alive
But jobs are steady leaving
It chills me to the bone
Brings a tear to my eye
Like the last days of summer gone
It's hard to watch a good thing die
In the days of my youth
there was dancing in the streets
Ford was building motorcars and folks were building dreams
'Round the clock, day and night
Working hard's a way of life
As I recall
It chills me to the bone
Brings a tear to my eye
Like the last days of summer gone
It's hard to watch a good thing die
It's the midwest fall
Blue collar life
Staring at December
Dreaming about July
The midwest fall
Dreams get blown away
It's hard to take the midwest fall
My grandpa was a union man
My daddy watched it burn
We never had a lot
We lived off what we earned
We built the cars and tanks that helped to keep our nation free
And now I can't afford to feed my family
It chills me to the bone
Brings a tear to my eye
Like the last days of summer gone
It's hard to watch a good thing die
It's the midwest fall
Blue collar life
Staring at December
Dreaming about July
The midwest fall
Dreams get blown away
It's hard to take the midwest fall
Oh, yeah
Oh
I can't pay my taxes, Lord
I can't afford to feed my kids
I guess I'll stay and ride it out
Because you are so beautiful
The midwest fall
Blue collar life
Staring at December
Dreaming about July
The midwest fall
Dreams get blown away
It's hard to take
The midwest fall
Uh, don't go away
The midwest fall
Dreamin', dreamin'
The midwest fall
Ah, don't go away
It's hard to take
Please, don't go away
You are so beautiful
The midwest fall
The midwest fall
The midwest fall
The midwest fall