From the recording Out in the Country
You get two polar extremes in the Hoosier State and many other places in the midwest. It will be 20 and snowing on a Sunday night, then 80 and sunny on Monday. This country-flavored tune takes you to one of those peak summer scenarios, depicting how we are quick to complain and wish it away. Perhaps we should take time to appreciate and live in the moment.
Lyrics
Nellie hit the hay on the hardwood
Every fan’s on high in this ol’ farmhouse
A sheet will do for cover
Won’t even touch one another
Eddie found shade from the tailgate
A gust of wind is a new best friend
Every five minutes we need a break
Don’t think the season will ever end
This Indiana summer
Humid heat, too hot to think
This feeling is a bummer
So darn hot, you sweat if you blink
Propellers tired of turning
The sun’s finally sinkin’ in
We gone and jumped in, we’re burnin’
Skinny dippin’ will do us in
(Repeat Chorus)
Dreaming of cooler weather
At least for now an ice cold drink
Now that you mention it
When we’re done swimmin’
Let’s fix some fair food
Shake up a lemon, and
Bread up a tenderloin
We tend to rush through
Rush through the good things
Just to get on through