Iowa - Balance Problems

I only knew you from

Three months of tour and

A cellular phone

We talked of the Midwest

And I learned of all that

You left behind

Oh and the loss runs deep

Your father and a friend

A rug pulled from your feet

But I'll try and

Give you a place

To lay your tired head

And hide your only face

There's a bed waiting for you

There's a light that I left on

There's a purpose for the distance

And the things

That I've done wrong

You came to stay with us

A weekend itself

You weren't missing much

The day that

You left it rained

And the cold weather up north

Was calling your name

So I helped to pack your bags

Folding your shirts

The clothes on your back

Home never felt so far

In the morning I felt sweaters

You dropped in my front yard

There's a bed waiting for you

There's a light that I left on

There's a purpose for the distance

And the things that I've done wrong

There's a place that you live in

A town that you call home

There's a state that you visit

But you never stay too long

You're careful how hold yourself

I know

You worry what might happen

But I swear It won't

So I'm waiting for your voice

To make a sound

But I know every word

Before they leave your mouth

There's a bed waiting for you

There's a light that I left on

There's a purpose for the distance

And the things that I've done wrong

There's a place that you live in

A town that you call home

There's a state that you visit

But you never stay too long