Country and Midwestern

I GREW UP NEAR MY HIGH SCHOOL TO THE SOUND OF THE MARCHING BAND
ON A RUN DOWN DAIRY FARM ON A LITTLE PIECE OF LAND
HEARD THE DESPERATE ROAR OF MUSCLE CARS THAT WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY
FROM THE SIMPLE SMELL OF SOUR MILK, MANURE AND FRESH HAY

I MIGHT HAVE STAYED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE BUT IT ALL CHANGED FOR ME
THE NIGHT I SAW MY DADDY SING ON THE GREEN VALLEY JAMBOREE
I BOUGHT A GIBSON GOSPEL AND I LEARNED TO PLAY GUITAR
I PACKED UP EVERYTHING I OWNED AND DROVE OFF IN MY CAR

FROM L.A. TO MIAMI AND THEN UP TO TENNESSEE
SEARCHING FOR A PLACE WHERE I FIT IN
SOME PEOPLE CALL ME HALF-BACK BUT IT DON'T BOTHER ME
WELL I'M PROUD OF WHERE I'M FROM AND WHERE I'VE BEEN
I GREW UP

COUNTRY AND MID-WESTERN IN THE LAND OF THE CHIPPEWA
FROM LAKE MICHIGAN TO SUPERIOR 'CROSS THE STRAIGHTS OF MACINAC
WITH THE MUSIC OF MADONNA TO SEGER'S SILVER BULLET BAND
STEVIE WONDER'S MOTOWN TO WHITE STRIPES AND EMINEM
WHEREVER I MAY GO OR WHO YOU THINK I AM
A PART OF ME WILL ALWAYS BE COUNTRY AND, MID-WESTERN

I PLAYED LAST WEEK IN KALAMAZOO SO I COULD SEE MY MOTHER
IT'S GETTING HARD TO FIND A JOB ACCORDING TO MY BROTHER
WITH THE HEAT ON AND THE TOP DOWN IN THE CHILLY AUTUMN AIR
I DROVE HOME WHILE NUGENT SANG A SONG ABOUT FRED BEAR

YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN FUN IF YOU WANT TO LIVE UP HERE
A PICKUP AND A PARACHUTE AND A CASE OR TWO OF BEER
OR DRIVE YOUR CAR OUT ON THE LAKE JUST LIKE THE ICE ROAD TRUCKERS
WE'D CUT A HOLE AND FISH ALL DAY WE WERE SOME CRAZY MOTHERS

I'M HAPPY WHERE I'M LIVIN NOW AND I COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE
AND I KNOW IT'S THE PLACE THAT I BELONG
AND I FEEL BETTER 'BOUT MY CHANCE OF GETTING IN THE DOOR
EVERY TIME I HEAR A HARLAN HOWARD SONG
WE GREW UP

COUNTRY AND MID-WESTERN IN THE LAND OF THE CHIPPEWA
FROM LAKE MICHIGAN TO SUPERIOR CROSS THE STRAIGHTS OF MACINAC
FROM KID ROCK TO ALICE COOPER AND IGGY'S DETROIT PUNK
DELLA REESE, DIANA ROSS, MITCH RYDER AND GRAND FUNK
WHEREVER I MAY GO OR WHO YOU THINK I AM
A PART OF ME WILL ALWAYS BE

HIKING WITH THE GHOSTS OF THE OTTOWA, FIGHTING LIKE A WOLVERINE
WORKING AS HARD AS A DAIRY FARMER TRYING TO RAISE MY FAMILY

COUNTRY AND MID-WESTERN IN MIDDLE TENNESSE
WARMING UP THE BRANCHES OF MY NORTHERN FAMILY TREE
WITH DOLLY, WILLE NELSON, BOBBY BARE AND JOHNNY CASH
TO JONES AND STRAIGHT, LORETTA LYNN, GARTH BROOKS AND RASCALL FLATTS
NO MATTER WHERE I GO OR WHO YOU THINK I AM
A PART OF ME WILL ALWAYS BE COUNTRY-AND, MID-WESTERN
DEAL WITH IT MAN