Jewel Of The Midwest (Sundowner)

Dream softly tonight Breathe easy the cold air of this life I'm not sure how I arrived at the choices I made but I made them I walk along the grass; it's cold and dead All the cars roar past, they own this world The headlights move fast, they're in such a hurry They light up their paths in a blinding fury And I don't need hope when I just keep on hurling I don't need no love I got plenty of hurting She don't hear my cries echo up through dark skies We all stand in line for the final surprise I've been digging the same old graves From the strike against midnight 'til the first break of day Sleep in peace for one night Carry the fire always on the inside Back home nothing has changed Maybe the weather, not the beat of the days And when I'm there at last I'll lay in bed Half way across the map, a whole new world My thoughts will race fast they're in such a hurry They light up their paths in a blinding fury I've been buried before in the city that I love Beneath the sidewalks that I walked and the trains that I rode All the buildings I lived in and the streets that I drove Like a ship I was wrecked in our lake's freezing depth In the place I was born - the jewel of the Midwest Like a ship I was wrecked in the jewel of the Midwest