Flyover State

My family’s ugly
Pasty, midwestern, and loving
Fondness for team sports
Crosswords and hot wing recipes
My dad’s a workhorse
Red-blooded rust belt cavalry
Blowing on the embers
Of shaky marriage for twelve years
A minor loss, a couple pounds
Our golden boy, another round, yeah
We better sleep underground tonight
My mother worries
'Bout money, job security
Three children in her twenties
Last weekend, got her GED
A minor loss, a couple pounds
Our golden boy, another round
A minor loss, a couple pounds
Our golden boy, he comes around
For anothr round, for another round
For another round
We btter sleep underground tonight
(We better sleep underground)