My Home

Verse 1

Concrete

Grey ribbons

Rolling past Joliet

I pull the brim low

Sun hits the hood

Hard

Checking the radar

Watching the needle climb

Fast lanes

Wild plains

Dust on the tires

Chorus

Blue lights flashing in the corn

Protecting the soil where I was born

From Chicago down to Cairo

I am the law on the open road

Silver star pinned to the tan

A quiet man

Taking a stand

My Illinois

Post-Chorus

The Prairie State

The Prairie State

My home

My home

Verse 2

Stopped

A red sedan

South of Springfield

Near the ghost of sixty-six

Window rolls down

Smell of diesel

Ink on the paper

Click of the pen

Heavy boots

On the gravel

Rules are the bridge

Safety is the goal

Keep the peace

Keep moving

Chorus

Blue lights flashing in the corn

Protecting the soil where I was born

From Chicago down to Cairo

I am the law on the open road

Silver star pinned to the tan

A quiet man

Taking a stand

My Illinois

Bridge

Pontiac

Peoria

Decatur

I see the silo

I see the barn

I see the storm

I hold the line

I hold the line

I hold the line

Verse 3

Night

Wide sky

Stars over Effingham

Campaign hat on the seat

Empty miles

Cool air

Lone wolf

Watching the border

Guarding the till

Fair and firm

That is the oath

That is the life

Chorus

Blue lights flashing in the corn

Protecting the soil where I was born

From Chicago down to Cairo

I am the law on the open road

Silver star pinned to the tan

A quiet man

Taking a stand

My Illinois

Outro

State Police

Seventy-five

In the mirror

Driving home

My Illinois

My Illinois

Safe tonight