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Iowa Lyrics by Carrie Elkin

Call It My Garden

2011

[Verse 1]
Well, I've never had a way with women
But the hills of Iowa make me wish that I could
And I've never found a way to say "I love you"
But if the chance came by, oh, I, I would
But way back where I come from, we never mean to bother
We don't like to make our passions other people's concern
And we walk in a world of safe people
And at night, we walk into our houses and burn
[Refrain]
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
I, Iowa
[Verse 2]
How I long to fall just a little bit
To dance out of the lines and stray from the light
But I fear not to fall in love with you
Is to fall from a great and gruesome height
So you know I asked a friend about it on a bad day
Her husband had just left her
She sat down on the chair he'd left behind
She said, "What is love, where did it get me?
Whoever thought of love is no friend of mine"
[Refrain]
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
I, Iowa
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
But once I had everything, but I gave it up
For the shoulder of your driveway and the words I'd never felt
And so for you, I came this far across the tracks
Ten miles above the limit
And with no seatbelt and I'd do it again
For tonight, I went running through the screen doors of discretion
I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see
You were wandering out on the hills of Iowa
And you were not thinking of me, oh-woah
[Refrain]
I, I-I
My Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
I, Iowa
[Outro]
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
I, Iowa
Credits
Carrie Elkin

Carrie Elkin

About “Iowa” by Carrie Elkin

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"Iowa" is credited to Carrie Elkin. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Iowa" appears on "Call It My Garden" in 2011.

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