Leland, Iowa

Take a walk down main street

Have a look around

Now look in all the windows

The empty buildings in this town

Imagine all the people

Who came and had to go

Look for something better

In the dream on down the road

You can’t spend a dime in leland iowa

‘cause every store in town’s run out of luck

But you can spend a lot of time in leland iowa

Living on a farm, working on your pickup truck

There used to be a diner

Where everyone would go

And that building on the corner

Used to be a picture show

You should’ve seen it in the summer

Around the 4th of july

When fireworks and carnivals

Were lightin’ up the sky

I know people who have lived here

Through a couple world wars

And their fathers like their fathers

Were raising kids and growing corn

And like their friends around them

It’s the only life they know

Through the good times and the bad times

They will stay here even though…