--words and music by Michael Stanley
from "North Coast", 1981, EMI Records Group
It's ten thirty-five in the heartland Make your move or you never will 'Cause the boys are out on Mayfield Everybody dressed to kill And some of them have their reasons Some of them just have time Some think about last season Some think about a life of crime... And they say hey baby We're gonna have a time tonight Hey darling, would you like a ride And the girl says maybe I got a little time to kill And baby I feel like trying Feel just like flying... But nobody writes the names down It's just something that they gotta go through Yeah nothing ever seems to work out the way they planned And some of them think about leaving Not many of them really do They give it one more try tonight In the heartland... On 105th at midnight The brothers choose up sides And the talk is full of ladies And long clean rides While out on the Westside sparks are flying Ooh, when the rich boys come around And the heirs to the throne can't leave it alone Even though they're glory bound... And they say hey baby We're gonna have a time tonight Hey darling, would you like a ride And the girl says maybe I got a little time to kill And baby I feel like trying Feel just like flying... But nobody writes the names down It's just something that they gotta go through Yeah nothing ever seems to work out the way they planned And some of them think about leaving Not many of them really do They give it one more try tonight In the heartland...in the heartland And nobody writes the names down It's just something that they gotta go through Yeah nothing ever seems to work out the way they planned And some of them think about leaving Not many of them really do They give it one more try tonight In the heartland...in the heartland oh, oh, oh ... in the heartland In the heartland, oh yeah, yeah In the heartland