Sittin' in the shade made   By a hay truck on a hot day   A cloud of dust on an old dirt road meant   Lemonade was on the way      She was beautiful   And her daddy said that I made a good hand   We laid there on the ground as the sun went down   On the shadows of the heartland      I helped her daddy fix up   His old beat up red Ford pickup   Had her shinin' like a diamond   He said, "Climb behind the wheel, son"      She was beautiful   Said "Take her slow" as he placed the keys in my hand   And dancin' in the headlights that night   Shadows of the heartland      Heaven can't be far away   From the fields of gold where I was raised   Where the sun shines bright   But the light comes from the word      Where you know you reap the seeds you sow   You count your blessings row by row   And sweat and blood and tears and love still work   The life I live, the love I give, the man I am   Shadows of the heartland      Friday night lights shinin' bright   The last game of the season   We were just one play away   From being undefeated      The pass was beautiful   But somehow that ball slipped right through my hands   She was there to hold me close when it turned cold   In the shadows of the heartland      Heaven can't be far away   From the fields of gold where I was raised   Where the sun shines bright   But the light comes from the word      Where you know you reap the seeds you so   You count your blessings row by row   And sweat and blood and tears and love still work   The life I live, the love I give, the man I am   Shadows of the heartland      Amazin' grace and a place to plow   That's what her dad was all about   Wish he was with us now      But heaven can't be far away   From the fields of gold where I was raised   Where the sun shines bright   But the light comes from the word      Where you know you reap the seeds you so   You count your blessings row by row   And sweat and blood and tears and love still work   The life I live, the love I give, the man I am   Shadows of the heartland, shadows of the heartland