I come from the heart of the heartland

Where pictures shows where the corn grows

In rows and rows of summer greens

And winter snows

And it goes on

Through the crack of the bat

Oh everybody rollin' out there welcome mat

And our hands on our hearts under the stars of the friday night flag.

And ohhhh the heart will wander

Beyond that wild blue yonder

When I get lost in the noise like a whisper I hear the voice of the boy

Ohhhh from illinois.

I remember the first time

I saw that name on the marquee sign

Lights so bright could almost make you blind

I'd get lost in

Sweet girls singin' along

Buses rollin' on in the silver dawn

Seein' the world a long long way from home.

And ohhhh the heart will wander

Beyond that wild blue yonder

When I get lost in the noise like a whisper I hear the voice of the boy

Ohhhh...

It's water through my blood

It's the place I got my roots

It's the fire that's in my soul

It's the mud that's on my boots.

Oooo illinois...

And ohhhh the heart will wander

Beyond that wild blue yonder

When I get lost in the noise

Like a whisper I hear the voice of the boy

Ohhhh from illinois.