Middle of F'N Nowhere

Verse 1

Ninety five in a house out in Iowa heat

Paint on the windows where the brothers would meet

Just eight of us then in the middle of nowhere

Fan on the ceiling moving heavy hot air

Rules on the board for a deck and a glass

Trickie got bounced for just being an ass

But he won it all in a dining room haze

Living the start of the symposium days

Pre-Chorus

No AC for the poker and booze

Thirty two years and I never did lose

Not a single minute or a weekend away

The only one standing for every damn day

Chorus

We are family

Through the loss and the laughter we stay

We are family

Closer than blood in every way

Babcock and Boo and the CCMP name

Thirty years later it all feels the same

Brothers forever

GFC all the way

Verse 2

Now the kids are all grown and the bodies get old

Stories of Swanson and Chuck will be told

Tony is watching from a chair up above

Wrapped in a blanket of that Symposium love

Aaron and Jeff keeping track of the fun

At the American Legion when the morning is done

We aren't just friends meeting once every year

We carry the burden and we drink to the fear

Pre-Chorus

Heading to Alpha to gather once more

Leaving our troubles outside of the door

Thirty two years and I never did lose

The soul of a brother is all I can choose

Chorus

We are family

Through the loss and the laughter we stay

We are family

Closer than blood in every way

Babcock and Boo and the CCMP name

Thirty years later it all feels the same

Brothers forever

GFC all the way

Bridge

Maybe we don't look like we did in our prime

Closing in on fifty through the passage of time

But the bond in the room is a blessing so deep

A brotherhood promise that we're destined to keep

Passing it down to the next of the line

So the spirit of CCMP continues to shine

Chorus

We are family

Through the loss and the laughter we stay

We are family

Closer than blood in every way

Babcock and Boo and the CCMP name

Thirty years later it all feels the same

Brothers forever

GFC all the way

Post-Chorus

Oh GFC

Stay friends through the fire

Great friends

Never gonna tire

Stay friends forever

CCMP family

We stay friends