From the recording Beggars & Poets

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Lyrics

MIDWESTERN TRAGEDY
Words and Music by Michael J. Hamilton

VERSE 1
THE ONLY TIME I SAW HER WAS WEST BALTIMORE
SITTING IN A TRUCK STOP DINER WITH THE SUN
SHE ASKED ME FOR THE REAL ESTATE SECTION
SHE’S LOOKIN FOR NEW PLACE TO CALL HOME
I SAW THE OUT OF STATE TAGS AND I KNEW SHE’S ON THE RUN

CHORUS 1
O - HIO DON'T IT GET YOU RIGHT WHERE IT REALLY HURTS
INTERSTATE 70 IS ALL THAT YOU’VE LEARNED

VERSE 2
THE ONLY TIME SHE SAW HIM WAS RUDY’S ALL NIGHT CAFÉ
HE’D BEEN WORKING THIRD SHIFT AND HE'D JUST GOT HIM PAID
HE WAS DRINKING UP THAT PAYCHECK
TRYING TO MAKE A PHONE CALL HOME
BUT SHE KNEW THAT HE NEVER GOT THROUGH
AS HE OPENED UP THE COIN RETURN

CHORUS 2
O - HIO DON'T IT GET YOU RIGHT WHERE IT REALLY HURTS
STEEL MILLS, AND CORN FIELDS AND RUBBER PLANTS
ALL THAT YOU’VE EARNED

BRIDGE
SHE WAS TIRED OF HIS STAYING OUT ALL NIGHT LONG
AND NEVER COMING HOME AND MAKING HER SLEEP ALONE
SHE WAS TIRED OF ONE LIFE TO LIVE CAUSE
AFTER ALL IT’S SO HARD LIVING YOUR OWN
HE WAS TIRED OF THE FUSSING AND THE FIGHTING AND
COMPLAINING 'BOUT THE BILLS TO BE PAID
ALL HE NEEDED WAS A LITTLE MORE ROOM
BUT THIS MUCH SPACE WAS SO HARD TO RELATE

(CHORUS 1)


VERSE 3
AND NOW THEIR LIVING THEIR OWN LIVES
SEPARATED 600 LONG LONG MILES
IT WAS A SHAME THEY COULDN’T GET IT TOGETHER
AND LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES
BUT HE WAS TOO TIRED TO LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID AND
SHE WAS TOO PROUD TO TRY TO MAKE A CHANGE INSTEAD
MIDWESTERN TRAGEDY CRAWLED RIGHT IN
AND IT TORE UP THEIR HEARTS

(CHORUS 1, CHORUS 2)

ENDING
I’M NEVER GONNA BE ANOTHER MIDWESTERN
DON’T THINK I’M GONNA BE ANOTHER MIDWEST
NO I DON’T WANNA BE ANOTHER MIDWESTERN TRAGEDY