Iowa - Dar Williams

I've never had a way with women
But the hills of Iowa make me wish that I could
And I've never found a way to say I love you
But if the chance came by
Oh I
I would
But way back where I come from
We never mean to bother
We don't like to make our passions other peoples concern
And we walk in the world of safe people
And at night we walk into our houses and burn
Iowa oh ooo oh
Iowa oh ooooh ooo oh I Iowa
How I long to fall just a little bit
To dance out of the lines and stray from the light
But I fear that to fall in love with you is
To fall from a great and gruesome height
So I asked a friend about it
On a bad day
Her husband had just left her
She sat down on the chair he left behind
She said
What is love
Where did it get me
Whoever thought of love is no friend of mine
Ioway oh ooo oh
Iowa oh ooooh ooo oh I Iowa
Once I had everything
I gave it up for the shoulder of your driveway
And the words I've never felt
And so for you
I came this far across the tracks
Ten miles above the limit
And with no seatbelt
And Id do it again
For tonight I went running through
The screen doors of discretion
For I woke up from a nightmare
That I could not stand to see
You were a wandering out on the hills
Of Iowa and you were not thinking of me
Ioway oh ooo oh
Iowa oh ooooh ooo oh I Iowa
Ioway oh ooo oh
Iowa oh ooooh ooo oh I Iowa