Midwest Way of Life

You know, I thought I was made of
Stronger stuff
I thought that I could be a California girl

But now I see the sunshine is
Not nearly enough
And this will never be my corner of the world

It's time for me to be true to
Who I am
And I see that I really don't belong 'round here

It took too long for me to
Understand
That I held myself back by fear
Now it's clear, and

I'm heading East, I'm not stopping 'til I find
That Midwest way of life
Where it rains, it snows, the leaves turn gold
And a friendship can't be sold
I'm goin' home
I got to find
That Midwest way of life

Here they'll pay a million dollars for a house
But they still can't see the stars
Now how much happiness could that bring?

They say in L.A. the weather's always nice
But there's hardly any change at all
And I'm getting pretty sick of all this spring
And courtesy here, it don't mean a thing

I thought there would be nothing better than getting out on my own
But now I know there's no place like home
Like home, home

Whoa-oh-oh-whoa

I'm heading East, I'm not stopping 'til I find
That Midwest way of life
Where it rains, it snows, the leaves turn gold
And a friendship can't be sold
I'm goin' home
I got to find
That Midwest way of life

Where a friendship can't be sold