Middle America

All the girls from high school

They all dress the same

And I wish I could be like them

But it's a sort of game I can't win

Got all the same cards

But I don't have that sweet gratitude

That Christmas morning attitude

Like all the boys from high school

They want lake houses, sweet spouses like their dads

Want everything they've always had to use

Like it's their own

And they'll grow up to build a home

And I'll wonder why I'm still alone

But hey

That's middle America

What's meant for you will come

And what's asked for will be granted

America

Don't work too hard

If it was good back then

Just do it all over again

And sleep like a baby

So I move to Nashville

To build myself a throne

But there's some kind of cognitive dissonance

And it might be my own

Trying not to be lame

And nothing's gonna change

When everybody's different

We're all alone and all the same

But hey

That's middle America

What's meant for you will come

And what's asked for will be granted

America

Don't work too hard

If it was good back then

Just do it all over again

And sleep like a baby

So I pack up the Nissan

I'm going home for Christmas

And nothing's really changed

But I've convinced myself I'm different

And they won't understand

But I wish I still loved the little things

Like everyone back home still can

But hey

That's middle America

What's meant for you will come

And what's asked for will be granted

America

Don't work too hard

If it was good back then

Just do it all over again

And sleep

And sleep like a baby