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Artist: Melissa Etheridge
Canonical path: /melissa-etheridge/indiana
Related lyric paths: 6
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Indiana
Read Indiana lyrics by Melissa Etheridge on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Indiana
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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
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Melissa Etheridge performs "Indiana", and this lyric page sits inside the Melissa Etheridge catalog on LyroVerse.
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