Written by John MellencampEverything is slower here, everybody's got a union cardThey get up on Sunday and go to church of their choiceCome back home cook out in the backyardChorus:And they call this the Great MidwestWhere the cornfields row and flowThey're all 5 years ahead of their timeOr 25 behind, I just don't knowAll the young men talk about their 4 wheel drivesAnd how much money they're gonna make on Friday nightAnd, they like to brag about how they mistreat their girlfriendsHey, let's get drunk, party it up, start a fightChorus II:And they call this the Great MidwestSure make a hell of a carAnd the old hearts, they race their way through the nightThe upheaval of who they really areGrowin' up under normal conditions, television and radioThat's just about all of this whole worldThat any of us get to see, get to knowChorus III:And they call this the Great MidwestWhere you sacrifice your body and soulAnd no one really wants to get evenMost of us find it hard enough just lettin' goBridge:Don't get me wrong I ain't complainingI ain't braggin' nor do I mean to place blameThat's just the way things are around hereAnd there's a future carryin' my name on itSayin' hey man, you gonna stick around here you better get on itIf you're gonna stick around here you better make yourself some real good friendsWell I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouthSo I can't talk about the big city lifeBut if you wanna talk about bein' bored and runnin'away from yourself, hell I talk to you all nightChorus IV:And they call this the Great MidwestWhere livin' is just gettin' byAnd people trade in their happinessFor a smokestack, a big money deal in the sky
Lyrics by John Mellencamp
Related Songs
Dead Head Blues - Lightspeed Champion
Built to Break - MIDWEST
Lost In America - Pepper
Midwest - Joseph Arthur
Midwest - Hope for Agoldensummer
Midwest - End of a Year
Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays - Augustana
The Midwest Fall - Kid Rock
Midwest Side - Machine Gun Kelly
C-Town - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Feat/ Twista
Other Side [Multimedia Track] - Josh Ritter
Other Side [Solo Acoustic][*] - Josh Ritter
Other Side [Jackdrag Remix][*] - Josh Ritter
Cowboy [Explicit] - Wiz Khalifa
Your Heart Belongs To the Midwest...
Cowboy - Wiz Khalifa
Go Go Gadget Flow - Lupe Fiasco
Collect From Wichita - England Tyler
Dont You Ever Forget - Adhamh Roland
3:30pm - Stalley
Midwest Choppers 2 Feat: K Dean & Krayzie Bone...
Midwest Choppers 2 - Tech N9Ne
Vicodin Lite - Joie de Vivre
Midwest Flower - Thin White Rope
Dakota - Tiny Moving Parts
Dirty Alleys\/Dirty Minds - Zero Boys
California Girls - Too Short
Jungle of the Midwest Sea - Flatfoot 56
Best in da midwest - Da Schenkeler
Midwest Invasion - TWISTA
Midwest Town - The National Lights
Midwest Diva - Leslie and the Lys
Midwest Living - Dowsing
Midwest Island - So They Say
Midwest Swing - St. Lunatics F/ Nelly
Midwest Choppers - Tech N9ne
Midwest Swing - St. Lunatics
Midwest Swing - Nelly
Midwest Modesty - Before Their Eyes
Living My Life - Mike Posner
C-Town - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
C-Town - Bone Thugs N Harmony
Midwest Invasion (featuring Layzie Bone) - Twista
Floribraska - Troubled Hubble
California Girls - The Beach Boys
Chambermaid Swing - Parov Stelar
Libella Swing - Parov Stelar
Kitty Empire - Big Black
Israeli Caves - Maps And Atlases
Welcome To The Midwest - Tech N9ne
One True Thing - Midwest Kings
Vera - Midwest Kings
Conversation in the Midwest - Barry White
Chilling in the Midwest - Barry White
Go Gadget Flow - Lupe Fiasco
California Girls - Nancy Sinatra
California Girls (UK) - The Beach Boys
Chi Town Christmas - Jeremih
Swingline - Adrian Belew
Swingline - Adrian Belew
Write It Down - Banner Pilot
Fast Girl - The Tractors
Get Bout It & Rowdy - Snoop Dogg
California Girls - Alexia Phillips
We Killed It - Say Anything
Collect from Wichita - Ronna Reeves
Crudbump AKA - Crudbump
Girl of the Midwest - Jeremy Fisher
Jewel of the Midwest - Sundowner
Hymn to the Midwest - Transporter
Maybe In The Midwest - Army Of Freshmen
Key To The City - The Lawrence Arms
Key To The City - Lawrence Arms
Hi-Teknology - DJ Hi-Tek
Lumberlung - Slobberbone
Midwest Pub Scene - Chasing Monroe
A Midwest Sunrise - A Letter To You
Midwest Main Street - Great Lakes Myth Society
A Midwest Sunrise - A Letter To You
Ain't No Hoes - Twista
American Princess - Eric Hutchinson
Here To Win - Leslie Hall
Carry Me Ohio - Mark Kozelek
Right Out Of Nowhere - Kathy Mattea
For Just Tonight - A Letter To You
My Own Hell - Tech N9Ne
Hot 'lanta - 38 Special
Let the Last Night Be the Longest (Lonesome Memory...
Orion Town 3 - Frontier Ruckus
Big City Dreams - Never Shout Never
Bigcitydreams - Never Shout Never
Big City Dreams (Live) - Never Shout Never
Two Weeks Till the Midwest - Liz Isenberg
Still Ride Till We Die - Coo Coo Cal
Woke Up In My Future - Haley Bonar
GET XXX'd (F. Petey Pablo) - J-Kwon
Get XXX'd...
Home For Fall - Real Friends
The Great - Artillery
The Great - DMX
The Great - Elzhi
The Great - Ruff Ryders
Dayton, OH - Richmond Fontaine
ALPHAdog and OMEGAlomaniac (Demo) - Fall Out Boy
Dilemma - Hit Crew
Dilemma [Album Version Explicit] - Kelly Rowland
Dilemma [F] - Kelly Rowland
Dilemma - Destiny's Child
Dilema (A.K.A. Dilemma) - Papi Sanchez
No Matter What I Do - Nelly
Dilemma (Ft Kelly Rowland) (Video) - Nelly
Dilemma - Soundalikes
Dilemma [Jason Nevins Hard Step Mix]...
Dilemma - Kidz Bop Kids
Dilemma - Streetwize
Dilemma - Miss Triss
Dilemma [*] - Nelly
Dilema - Papi Sanchez
Dilemma [Dance Mix] - Snappers
Dilemma - Kevin Toney
Dilemma [Jason Nevins Mix] - Kelly Rowland
Dilemma [G4CE Full Vocal Remix] - Kelly Rowland
Dilemma [Album Version] - Kelly Rowland
Dilemma [G4orce Full Vocal Mix] - Kelly Rowland
Dilemma [Multimedia Track] - Kelly Rowland
Dilemma - Savana
Dilemma - Kelly Rowland
Back Up Off Me (Featuring Master P & Mr. Magic)...
My Castle, Your Castle - Midwest Pen Pals
Movies Like Juno - Midwest Pen Pals
Bobby Markos Posi Talk - Midwest Pen Pals
Leaving Songs - Midwest Pen Pals
Dilemma - Nelly
Dilemma - Kelly Rowland Feat. Nelly
The Dreaming Fields - Trisha Yearwood
Resonate Remain - Hanalei
When You Believe - Soundtrack
When "you're" Around - Motion City Soundtrack
Stonegates - Bachman - Turner Overdrive
High School Me Would Have Been Pumped...
Mr. Trouble - Kami Lyle
Survivior - The Devil Wears Prada
Survivor - The Devil Wears Prada
Hollywood Dream - The Ready Set
Rhythm of the Wheels - Rhonda Vincent
Coast to Coast - Hit the Lights
Across The Ocean - Azure Ray
5 Easy Payments - Bones
Megaphone/Compost Pt. 2 - The Icarus Secret
If I Could Go Anywhere, I'd Go Everywhere...
Together - William Shatner
When Kim Say, Can You Hear Me Now? - Lil' Kim
America - Kim Mitchell
(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now? - Lil' Kim
Can You Hear Me Now? (When Kim Say) - (Featuring M...
(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now? - Lil' Kim
(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now? [*] - Lil' Kim
(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now? - Lil Kim
Can You Hear Me Now? (When Kim Say) - (Featuring M...
On Everything - David Banner
Mary Jane - Erin McKeown
Beach Front Property - Umbrellas
Midwest Best Kept Secret - Gazillion
Midwest Gospel Radio [Instrumental]...
Say Yes - Lil' Wayne
Say Yes - Lil Wayne
The Devil in My Bloodstream - The Wonder Years
The Villain - Apathy
Dreaming Fields - Trisha Yearwood
My Heart Will Find Rest - Chase Coy
Mr. Moon - Kami Lyle
Pr 2K1 - Tech N9ne
Real Hip-Hop - Juice
Saint Jerome, My Baby Tames Lions - Chet
End Of The Day - Al Stewart
Ankle Deep - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Lost In Hollywood - Time Again
California's Burning - Augustana
Great Great God - Phillips, Craig & Dean
Great Great Day - Del Reeves
Great Great God - Phillips, Craig & Dean
Great Great World - Juliet Lyons
3,000 Hi-Fives - Big KIds
Great - Samiam
Great - Ten Shekel Shirt
Great - Maino
Great... - Samiam
Great - Instruction
Great - Fred Hammond
Pop's Love Suicide - Stone Temple Pilots
Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington D.C. - Anti Flag
Roadhouse Rap - The Doors
The Sound - Paper Route
Stonegates - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Blood Borne And Halogen - Anthony Narvaez
St. Peters - Warren Franklin
Bend N Stretch - Jim Jones
The Great Nothing: VI: The Great Nothing...
Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington DC - Anti-Flag
Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington D.C. (Sheep In Shepher...