She came to this world on a cold night
Papa turned his head and said
I don't believe she's mine

Single momma raised her in a place where
You can look but never touch
Cause we don't have enough

Don't let your hopes get high
Cause girls like you can't fly


Oh the long nighs in the small room
With the big dreams
Oh Indiana

You're only dying here
And they don't understand you
It's a tough road but you start slow

And before you know it
You're not alone
Looking for a place called home anywhere

Oh Indiana

She tended bar in New York City

People turned their heads and said
Baby you sure look fine
They put her on TV and then they told her

You're gonna be a star
You can go so far
Let your hopes get high

Cause girls like you can fly

In the long nighs in the small room

With the big dreams
Oh Indiana
You're only dying here

And they don't understand you
It's a tough road but you start slow
And before you know it

You're not alone
Looking for a place called home anywhere
Oh Indiana


Those big dreams are flying machines
And they'll take you

Wherever you want to go
Sometimes you find that what's real is inside
You don't have to go away

To find your way home
Oh Indiana


She turned around and sshe topped running
She saw that fame was never an answer to her prayers
She found that answer in her children

When she takes them to a place
Where they can have so much
She lets their hopes get high

Cause anyone, anyone can fly

In the long nighs in the small room

With the big dreams
Oh Indiana
You're only dying here

And they don't understand you
It's a tough road but you start slow
And before you know it

You're not alone
Looking for a place called home anywhere
Oh Indiana


Oh she's going back
Oh oh oh