Melissa Etheridge - Indiana Lyrics

She came into this world
On a cold night, Indiana
Poppa turned his head and said
I don't believe she's mine

Single momma raised her in a place
Where you look but never touch
We don't have enough
Don't let your hopes get high
'Cause girls like you can't fly

Long nights and small roads
Big dreams, oh Indiana
You're only dying here
And they don't understand you

Tough road but you start slow
And before you know it, you're not alone
Looking for a place called home
Anywhere, oh Indiana

She tended bar
In New York City, oh Indiana
People turned their heads and said
Baby, you sure look fine

They put her on TV and then they told her
You're going to be a star
You can go so far
You let your hopes get high
'Cause girls like you can fly

Long nights and small roads
Big dreams, oh Indiana
You're only dying here
And they don't understand you

Tough road but you start slow
And before you know it
You're not alone
Looking for a place called home
Anywhere, oh Indiana

Big dreams are flying machines
And they'll take you wherever you want to go
Sometimes you find what's real is inside
And you don't have to go away
To find your way home

She turned around
And she stopped running, oh Indiana
She found a place and the answer to her prayers
She found that answer in her children

When she takes them to the place
Where they can have some peace
She lets their hopes get high
'Cause anyone, anyone can fly

Long nights, long nights
Big dreams, oh Indiana
You're only dying here
And then they don't understand you

Tough road but you start slow
And before you know it
You're not alone
Looking for a place called home
Anywhere, oh Indiana

Oh Indiana, yeah
She's going back to Indiana
Oh yeah, back to Indiana