[Chorus]
Indiana in the afternoon with the sun so bright on an empty room

Fountain city right by the state line
waiting for something that can change her mind
Tracy thinks of a life that she longs to leave behind
serving drinks down at the Neptune Bar living on tips they leave in a jar
two kids at home with the memory of a man who's gone too far

He walked in, she'd seen him before
later on they talked, their backs to the door
nothing was said either of them had
never heard before
and they knew it when the time came
to go when the lights were turned way down low with the evening
ahead of them moving on oh so slow driving through the Indiana night
with the moon up above
such a beautiful sight

In the morning both unable to rise
holding the moment such a thin disguise
telling each other all the lies they
both want to hear
check out time come a rap at the door
picking their clothes up off of the floor
saying goodbye for the whole, wide,
whispering world to hear

Indiana in the afternoon...

© 1984 by Tom McGhee