THE HEARTLAND HAS SO MUCH SOUL

THE HEARTLAND HAS SO MUCH SOUL

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON

2019

IF YOU SEE

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

THAT'S WHERE I WILL BE 

THE HEARTLAND

HAS SO MUCH SOUL

BACK ROADS FILLED WITH GOLD

SILENCE SPEAKING VOLUMES

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD HEAR

SOMETHING THAT

DRAWS YOU NEAR

WHAT YOU SEE

MIGHT NOT BE

THE SAME AS ME 

A DIFFERENT REALITY 

NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE

MAKING SOME TIME

FORWARD TO MY DESTINATION

BACKWARDS STRAIGHT ON THROUGH

PLACES STUCK IN TIME

I CAN REMEMBER

WHEN ONE WAS MINE

ALWAYS JUST MORE OF THE SAME

THE WHISTLE OF OF SOME MIDNIGHT TRAIN

OUT ON THE LINE 

REACHING BACK IN TIME

I NEVER REALIZED 

THOSE MORNINGS

IN THE COUNTRY SUN

WONDERING WHAT TO DO

WITH EACH ONE

ALL THE TREASURES

I COULD FIND

WERE RIGHT THERE ALL ALONG

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

ALL THE LITTLE THINGS

WEREN'T  SO LITTLE AT ALL

SWEPT ASIDE FORGOTTEN

NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH THOSE DAYS

WERE MADE OF GOLD

THE WIND BLEW STRONG

THE WIND BLEW COLD

THE MOON, THE STARS

CALLED ME OUT BY NAME

ROOTED IN THE EARTH TO WATCH THEM

 CLAIM THEIR PLACE IN THE SKY

THAT'S WHERE I GOT THIS SPARKLE

IN MY EYES

MORNINGS IN THE COUNTRY SUN

THE HEARTLAND

HAS SO MUCH SOUL

BACK ROADS FILLED WITH GOLD

MY HEART SHOULD KNOW