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Heartland Avenue

from Heartland Avenue by Ryan Garrett

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about

Many people see life as a highway with many different roads to travel down. This song is about folks who tend to travel through life in a straight line, rather than the many different twists and turns others may take.

lyrics

Welcome to the avenue
Cars fueled by American dreams
Where midwestern high hopes and attitudes
Are stronger than they once seemed
Where a road goes on forever
But you can see every mile from where you stand
On this promising scenic drive
Through the scenic promised land

Everyone I know is scared of what they will become
And everyone I know is dying to find out where they're from
But I have made my home here, though my heart is far away
But it don't bother me that much today

I met her on the avenue
She told me about the wind
How it races across the heartland
To roll away where you've been
But we talked and we hit it off alright
We stayed up til dawn's early light
I got to thinkin' bout her last night
And how she probably don't miss me that much

Tonight I'm scared of what I might become
And tonight I'm dying to find out where I'm from
But I have made my home here, though my heart is far away
But it don't bother me that much today

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from Heartland Avenue, released November 1, 2011
Written and composed by Ryan Garrett

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Ryan Garrett Russell Springs, Kentucky

Singer/Songwriter from Russell Springs, Kentucky. All instruments, lyrics, and compositions by Ryan Garrett unless otherwise noted.

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