"The Heartland" lyrics - SHARI ULRICH

The city's humming
Got some money to spend
I wonder what I'll do tonight
Maybe call up a few of my friends
See a movie and go out for a bite

I've been taking what I think I need
Making choices, making plans
But what I'm seeing on my TV
Is something I don't understand

In the heartland of the human race
In the heartland there's no choice to make
In the heartland where the children wait
In the heartland

Things pretty much go my way
I try to learn the wrong and right
I've never known a hungry day
Never known a cold night

What do I make of this life I lead
When you're living in a dying land
It doesn't make sense to me
Still I reach with an open hand

To the heartland of the human race
To the heartland where the children wait
In the heartland living day to day
In the heartland

In the heartland of the human race
In the heartland is it man or fate
In the heartland dying day to day
In the heartland
In the heartland
In the heartland