Leaving Behind the Endless Fields of Corn and Soybeans

Sleepy Town of Mine

The only time

To explore this town

Is after dusk

And the residents

Have closed their blinds

And drawn their curtains

It's a sleepy town

But not among the youth

Now

Is the only time we can emerge

And be ourselves

We'll be labelled as

Hooligans

And there'll be rumors by morning

How we went out to vandalize and get high

While it might be true for some

It's not the truth

When it comes to me

And a few others

We just want

To be out under the stars

Laying in the streets

Sitting on the curbs

Laughing loudly

Not caring who we wake

Dancing under the moon

And having the time of our lives

We'll tackle each other into the grass

On the off chance of a car coming down the street

They'll yell at us

That we should go home

And not be playing in the streets

We'll only roll our eyes

It's only once the town goes to sleep

I feel alive

Awake and rejuvenated

Bouncing on my toes

Finally

We can put down the masks

And come out of our homes

We're not pressured into being people that we're not

Once this town goes to sleep

We can be

Free