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Backstory:

I was driving through Kansas towards Colorado a few years ago, looking around at all the wheat fields and corn fields and cattle and thought about the history of the heartland. The hook came to me somewhere near Wichita. I wrote most of the song and brought it to Sarah and Tori at our next write and came up with this song.

Lyrics:

                                                  
Soul Of The Heartland
John Cirillo(ASCAP)/Sarah Spencer (ASCAP)/Tori Martin (BMI)


VERSE: 
				
You’ve got 6 generations Wild West blood
Running through your veins, mixed in the mud
And there’s a wind swept pride
Won’t be denied
You can feel it in your bones

Wheat fields and cattle far as the eye can see
All the dreams you work for they don’t come easily
But you’re right where you belong
What makes you strong
That heaven you call home

CHORUS: 
In the soul of the heartland
You know this is good land 
Never far away from a helping calloused hand
And if we can’t, we know Jesus can 
Save the soul of the heartland

VERSE: 
Some kids head to California and leave their boots behind
But some get up every mornin’, keep this way of life from dyin’
There’s faith and hope
Down every dusty road 
One rainfall at a time 

CHORUS

BRIDGE: 
When you look across the sky 
And you see what you’ve been givin’
This sacred ground beneath your feet
And you’re thankful that you’re livin’... 

CHORUS


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