Jewel of the Midwest

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
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 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
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 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
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 Like a ship I was wrecked in the jewel of the Midwest