Indiana - David Hodges

You ought to be from Indiana

Growin' up on sky and open space

You could wish on starry dreams for hours

In those feilds with corn and flowers

There’s still room to make mistakes

You ought to be from Indiana

You would have loved that autumn wind

Friday nights and football games

That year we went to state

Even though we didn’t win

But life

Hid you away inside the city

Where nothing learned is ever easy

There’s no tellin what you missed

But time

Won’t let me write your heartache over

I’m not gonna say it made you stronger

Even though I know it did

We’ll say it got you right here where I met you

You ought to be from Indiana

I know you tell me that I’m wrong

You know the secrets of the skyline

Sleeping through the sirens all night

There’s another place where you belong

You ought to be from somewhere quiet

Where it’s okay to be afraid

Where there’s time for growing up

It doesn’t have to happen all at once

There’s more out there than being brave

But life

Hid you away inside the city

Where nothing learned is ever easy

There’s no tellin what you missed

But time

Won’t let me write your heartache over

I’m not gonna say it made you stronger

Even though I know it did

We’ll say it got you right here where I met you

You ought to be from Indiana

Now that I’ve said it I can’t help but think

Maybe I just wish I had you there with me

But life

Hid you away inside the city

Where nothing leaned is ever easy

There’s no tellin what you missed

But time

Won’t let me write your heartache over

I’m not gonna say it made you stronger

Even though I know it did

I’m glad it got you right here where I met you

You ought to be from Indiana