a couple of guys in first class on a flight
from new york to los angeles
kinda making small talk killing time
flirting with the flight attendants
thirtythousand feet above could be oklahoma
just a bunch of square cornfields and wheat farms
man it all looks the same
miles and miles of back roads and highways
connecting little towns with funny names
who’d want to live down there in the middle of nowhere
they’ve never drove through indiana
met the men who plowed that earth
planted that seed busted his ass for you and me
or caught a harvest moon in kansas
they’d understand why god made
those flyover states
4
i bet that mile long santa fe freight train engineer’s seen it all
just like that flatbed cowboy stacking us steel on a day haul
roads and rails under their feet
yeah that sounds like a first class seat
5
on the plains of oklahoma
with a windshield sunset in your eyes
like a watercolored painted sky
you’ll think heaven’s doors have opened
you’ll understand why god made
those flyover states
6
take a ride across the badlands
feel that freedom on your face
breathe in all that open space
and meet a girl from amarillo
you’ll understand why god made
you might even wanna plant your stakes
in those flyover states
yeah
have you ever been through indiana
on the plains of oklahoma
take a ride
Artist: Jason Aldean
Year: 2012
Decade: 10s
Language: en
Word Count: 143