As I drive through this small town Could be anywhere in USA All the small shops are closing To the fast food chains In land of plenty So many hearts so empty Tonight I feel like a foreign traveller On a journey to the heart at my home Good old main street disappears A way of life has shifted gears We gotta leave this town behind us Could not turn back if we tried Mountain shines and rivers roll on by Rain like tears fall from the sky This land is crying This land is crying I hear it crying across these plains Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America And now this darkness just gets deeper I feel a heavy hand at the wheel of my soul As I wonder where all this leads A highway billboard Jesus bleeds This land is crying This land is crying I hear it crying across these plains Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America This land is crying This land is crying I hear it crying across these plains Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America Driving through the pouring rain In the middle of America