she s a midwestern girl her heart is paper mache with a tornado ripping through cause she is ready for change california was fine and she can soak up the sun but she s returning to her roots where she will always belong i o w a now i o w a now she s a midwestern girl she s finally back in her state i m just a ghost out in the field virginia s so far away she has the mane of a lion husky eyes that are framed and cheekbones sculpted on the winds of i o w a tell her when she s not around tell her as you re leaving town tell her when she s not around tell her everything now but what are you supposed to say to a midwestern girl as you are driving away well if you see your soulmate standing out in a field keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel down at the val air ballroom out in western des moines she s dancing out on the dance floor and i feel high now the mirror ball spinning it s a hundred degrees it s always safer when it s crowded but there re no guarantees tell her when she s not around tell her everything is fine tell her when she s not around before her roots take ahold but i don t know what you re supposed to say to a midwestern girl a thousand miles away well if you see your soulmate standing out in a field keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel i m just a ghost in a field and she s a tundra queen a midwestern girl beside an old evergreen if you see your soulmate standing out in a field keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel she s a midwestern girl i got in late in the game but i am driving in my mind to i o w a i o w a now 