So you're a sophomore stuck in a slump

Cars in the drive but your hearts packed up

Feel like the next couple years are gonna drag on by

So you're a dreamer chasing the stars

Where you wanna wind up sure ain't where you are

Praying the dues that you're paying are worth the price

Hard to tell how far you are from the start and the finish line.

In the middle of the road when the smoke ain't clear

Don't know how to look at that half-glass beer

Got ya leaning on the lord while ya under your breath just a cussing

Oh, but one of these days you're gonna miss these days

When you didn't even know you were on your way

Knee deep in the weeds, you can only see just a little of it

Smack dab in the middle of it.

You were heart-broke, that boy did ya wrong

Your pride took a hit, but you wrote a hit song

Traded the pictures for records on your wall

And, girl, I bet you didn't see that coming at all.

In the middle of the road when the smoke ain't clear

Don't know how to look at that half-glass beer

Got ya leaning on the lord while ya under your breath just a cussing

Oh, but one of these days you're gonna miss these days

When you didn't even know you were on your way

Knee deep in the weeds, you can only see just a little of it

Smack dab in the middle of it.

Oh, when push comes to shove, yeah, you gotta push through

You'll be glad that you did when you do.

In the middle of the road when the smoke ain't clear

Don't know how to look at that half-glass beer

Got ya leaning on the lord while ya under your breath just a cussing

Oh, but one of these days you're gonna miss these days

When you didn't even know you were on your way

Knee deep in the weeds, you can only see just a little of it

Smack dab in the middle of it.

Middle of it, middle of it

And that's the beauty of it

In the middle of it, in the middle of it.