The Di(e) In Indiana

These lyrics need a country twang and steady drumbeat, jumping to a fast paced guitar with multiple harmonies.

Playfully flirty yet with a confident strength. She changed once to accommodate love and struggles with maintaining her own identity while still feeling pulled into his charms.

She knows better and is determined to remind herself that she wants more than what he offers.

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Chorus:

Chasing your love is like

Taming a tornado

Hunting down the eye to escape all the debris

I’m all in, all try, the never di (e) in Indiana

No matter where I go

You’ll never take the Indiana out of me

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Verse One:

Corn fields and lakes

Simpler days down by the water

Doing what it takes

Little towns and farmers daughters

Long days, late nights

Double down when things get hard or

Making it right

And knowing when to play your cards

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Verse Two:

You blow through a town

Leaving destruction in your wake

Just look around

And see the damage you create

If you feel it, then you chase it

No regard for the expense

But you get what you’re gonna get

When you kiss a rattlesnake

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Chorus:

Chasing your love is like

Taming a tornado

Hunting for the eye just to escape all the debris

I’m all in, all try, the never di (e) in Indiana

No matter where I go

You’ll never get being the Indiana out of me

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Bridge:

A movie scene, sparked gasoline

More addictive than pure nicotine

Tingling my lips, you’re dangerous

Still I’m leaning in for one more kiss

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Chorus:

Chasing your love is like

Taming a tornado

Hunting for the eye just to escape all the debris

I’m all in, all try, the never di (e) in Indiana

No matter where I go

You’ll never take the Indiana out of me

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Verse Three:

Yeah, I admit

Small town livings not for everyone

It just won’t fit

Can’t take the full force of the sun

They need the race

And the fog to understand the view

That small town pace

Just wasn’t meant for you

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Chorus:

Chasing your love is like

Taming a tornado

Hunting the eye, just to escape all the debris

I am all in, all try, the never di (e) in Indiana

No matter where I go

you’ll can’t take the Indiana out of me

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Outro:

They say, there’s more than corn in Indiana

More to this life than itty bitty towns

Tractors and fields all wrapped in a farmers tan

Some long to stay while others are dying to get out

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I wanted to play with the idea of hometown pride and confidence. Being from Indiana it was fun to dissect the word (Indiana) a bit, for the word play.

I imagined the chorus being kind of punchy and quick, revealing her wit and strength.

But still remaining subtle enough to be catchy.

Her need to chase his storm and still protect herself was the main idea. Remembering that the small town life isn’t for everyone.

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I’m gonna add some rambling here cause I need 600 words to submit this song into beats, so hang in there.

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she struggled with the letting go

she held on till it hurt

never letting her true feelings show

covered the bruises up with dirt

she flew just under the radar

avoiding emotional connections

like the strum of an old bass guitar

threw off anyones suspicions

that she ever really cared

about assumptions others made

she tried not to be scared

did what she needed to be saved

but she figured out that she was worthy

began to tend to her own needs

decided the question to be or not to be

gave her the key to being free