and in the midst of the explosion comin down you sit barefoot on your porch and all the times you d say we d be sorry now but i m not sorry now i m not sorry now you were talkin bout the cornfields passin by out the window of the bus and all the times you swore that you d get back there somehow that s just talkin loud never thought i d be here now so hey there sister nebraska sittin there sweetly pigeon toed it s been a long cold winter now i m comin home california s just a memory i ve left behind colorado come and gone the setting sun paints the rear view mirror red as we start headin south it ll be any day now mountains fall away to leave us on the plains as we relax into the ride and all those unpaid bills well i left them all behind cause i m not turnin back all my bags are packed hey there sister nebraska sittin there sweetly pigeon toed it s been a long cold winter now i m comin home this is gone and we ve returned to what we left turned to pictures packed away and i will call you up and say ain t this life a riot and you will understand and you will understand hey there sister nebraska sittin there sweetly pigeon toed it s been a long cold winter now i m comin home now i m comin home