Home Is

Verse 1

Silver shield

Pressed on my chest

I drive

Through the corn

The tall corn

Golden waves that never end

Verse 2

Black top

Empty road

Blinker blinks

Slow

Steady

I see the red barn

The old red barn

Painted white with a family name

Dust on my boots

Mud on the tires

I breathe the heavy air

The thick humid air

Sweet smell of the harvest rain

Chorus

Home is the tall grass

Home is the highway

Home is the heartland

I see the flat land stretching out

I see the flat land stretching out

My Illinois

My Illinois

Post-Chorus

Yeah

Out here

Far out here

Verse 3

Coffee cold

Dashboard light

Quiet

Still

Chicago glows far away

The giant glows far away

But I stay south of the line

Miles of soy

Miles of grain

Miles of sky

Blue turns to purple

Sun sinks behind the silo

Iron tall and rusting

Steel cold and rusting

Stark against the orange fire

Chorus

Home is the tall grass

Home is the highway

Home is the heartland

I see the flat land stretching out

I see the flat land stretching out

My Illinois

My Illinois

Post-Chorus

Yeah

Out here

Far out here

Bridge

Radio crackles

Static humming

No call tonight

Just peace

Just me

Just the prairie wind

I am a guardian

I am a witness

I am a son of the soil

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Home is the tall grass

Home is the highway

Home is the heartland

I see the flat land stretching out

I see the flat land stretching out

My Illinois

My Illinois

Outro

State patrol

Heading west

Into the dark

Under the stars

My home

My home

My home

Illinois