Iowa Won't Wait Forever

I see you crying across the church room floor
Your grandma ain't sitting
Where she was two weeks before
The casket line it grows and grows
Too many this month is all I know
Your favourite souls are somewhere else tonight
And death took you back to that gravel Iowa road
Grandpa can't do the chores cuz his flesh has run cold
And grandma says she'll never move from the farm
Where they raised kids and horses we'll bury her heart
The boys carry the casket
The others lock their arms tonight
Us grandkids been drowning in a world full of choice
Our relatives smile at the sound of our voice
They've worked all along to leave the stage poised
Knowing Iowa won't wait forever
And we sing the songs we think they'd like to hear
And we won't be defined by what we fear
So boys let's pick up these pens and guitars
We've never found comfort in a house or a bar
Come on let's be men, and follow through these plans
Cuz folks living or dead
Have shown faith in all that we are