Lyrics

Somewhere West on the highway
There's a barn and a couple of cows
You can feel the sunrise on the back of your neck
On the way to Minneapolis

And somewhere next to that barn
There's a snot-nosed little kid
Whose daddy beats him shamelessly
In a farmhouse on the ridge

And somewhere in that same town
There's a dying, withered old man
Whose daughter tries to comfort him
As he passes to the promised land

Chorus
We got fields of green
We got skies of blue
We got saints and sinners, too
We're dying just to meet you
So give up
Your suspicions
Latch on to
Your intuitions
It's time you city folks got out
To the part of Wisconsin
No one ever
Talks about.

Somewhere down that road
There's a priceless Melody
With long blond hair and shining eyes
And she's waiting just for me.

I'll find that Melody
I'll wed her in the fields
With our love we'll pay God back
For the air that we steal

But somewhere in this state
There's a bar and a couple of guys
plotting on the rape of
Melody with the shining eyes

Chorus

So I'm driving west
Past the barn up on the hill
No matter how fast I go
Feels like I'm standing still

And I'll find that Melody
And I'll carry her away
Where to I do not know
I hear it's nice in Californ-i-ay.

So I wrote this song
For two lovers just like us
Before the next sunrise
We'll be in Minneapolis.

Beyond these fields of green
And these skies of blue
Beyond these saints and sinners, too
Who are dying just to meet you.
We're giving up our suspicions
Latching on to our intuitions.
It's time us lovin' folks got out
Of the part of Wisconsin
No one ever
Talks about.