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The Wild Midwest

from Fields and Fences by Kent Agee

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The Wild Midwest
Kent Agee

They came here in a covered wagon
It was a ‘57 Pontiac
He was born in the billboard wilderness
The year the mall shot main street in the back
He had a hand-me-down dream about a ranch-house
About a woman in a long, green dress
But he was too good he thought, too fast to get caught
Living in the wild Midwest

In the wild Midwest, at high-noon the factory whistles blow
The streets are alive with desperadoes, desperate to find where the money goes
In the wild Midwest, they’re digging for hope in wheat fields of gold
Trying to cash in the promise their dad’s were sold
Trying to outrun the outlaw called “Growing Old”
In the wild Midwest

Outside of town there’s a cross-roads
And a tree where the Renos were hung
Parked there one night in the summer moonlight
He planted the seed of a son
So he gave up the guns of a young man
And put on the hero’s white hat
He kissed his new wife and went to face down the life
That headed him off at the pass

(chorus)

Cowboys and quickdraws working for their two weeks off
Trying just to make near what they spend
Dance-hall romancers on the trail of an answer
For all the things they might have been

(chorus)

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from Fields and Fences, released February 20, 2014

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Kent Agee Nashville, Tennessee

First known in Nashville as the creator and lead-singer of Warner rock act, Jane His Wife, Kent Agee has become recognized as one of the most versatile writers in the music industry. With cuts by acts as diverse as Barbra Streisand, Jon Pardi, Vanessa Williams, Tom Keifer, Rodney Atkins, Evan & Jaron and Del McCoury to name a few. ... more

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