Midwest Winter Wind

Verse 1

Wake up at five in the morning
It’s a far cry from high school glory
But that’s the price you pay for kids and a family
Cause those bills don’t pay themselves
And Santa and his elves
Don’t actually put those Christmas presents under our tree
So I’m out the door and going by five-thirty
Just me and that cold, hard, Midwest winter wind

Chorus

And that wind blows hard all day long
It reaches deep into my bones
Tells me that I-----I can’t go on
That my fa----ith ain’t that strong
To keep facing that cold, hard, Midwest winter wind

Verse 2

Part one of my daily journey
Is an hour to the factory
I’ll have worked a half and hour ‘fore the sun comes up
Headlights cut through the dark
Pray that God will do his part
To bring me through the day and back home to my babies
But the sun is down before my job will let me
Out of that cold, hard, Midwest winter wind

Chorus

Verse 3

Dreams from graduation
Wouldn’t recognize this livin’
But I met my wife and changed priorities
No I never made it pro
The domestic life I chose
After football dreams gave way to busted knees
So I bought a trailer for the price of humility
And I felt that cold, hard, Midwest winter wind

Chorus

Verse 4

It’s been two years since my wife left
Her cancer left me bereft
She fought hard and long, I finally had to let her go
I’ve got three girls back at home
And in them I see their mom
And that’s how my baby still keeps those home fires burnin’
Hot enough that I can keep on churnin’
Against that cold, hard, Midwest winter wind

Chorus

And that wind blows hard all day long
It reaches deep into my bones
Tells me that I-----I can’t go on
That my fa----ith ain’t that strong
To keep facing that cold, hard, Midwest winter wind
To keep facing that cold, hard, Mid-West winter wind