August heat on the dashboard glass Cornfield wind as the freeway passed I wore my silence like an old blue jean Faded enough not to be seen Friday lights and Sunday prayers Learning which truths you never shared Thought this town had every road mapped out for me Then you smiled across the street You looked at me Like nothing had to change Like maybe home Was waiting for my name Indianapolis You never looked like this Till your hand found mine in a midnight kiss They said love lives somewhere far from here Some brighter place, some other sphere But every road I thought I’d have to leave Led me right where I’m meant to be Indianapolis You brought me home Oh, INDY Oh-oh, INDY You brought me home Driving slow round Monument Circle Laughing till the whole night hurts Coffee cups and road signs Fireflies tracing out our lines Summer storms across Indiana skies Streetlights falling in your eyes Every corner felt like something new Every second led me back to you You held my hand Like there was nothing to hide And all at once The world fell into place inside Indianapolis You never looked like this Till your hand found mine in a midnight kiss They said love lives somewhere far from here Some brighter place, some other sphere But every road I thought I’d have to leave Led me right where I’m meant to be Indianapolis You brought me home Oh, INDY Oh-oh, INDY You brought me home Maybe every map is just a guess Maybe hearts don’t care what’s left Maybe home isn’t where you arrive Maybe it’s who you’re with at night If the world ever pulls us apart This city still lives in my heart Because every street remembers how We stopped running now Indianapolis You never looked like this Two boys stealing a midnight kiss They said we’d have to leave to be free But freedom finally came to me Indianapolis You brought me home Oh, INDY Oh-oh, INDY You brought me home August heat… Dashboard glass… You took my hand… And I came home… _________________________ Original Lyrics by Mickey Wilder. © All rights reserved.
