SUMMERTIME IN INDIANA

                
                ITS SUMMERTIME IN INDIANA
                NINETY DEGREES IN THE SHADE
                THE HUMIDITY, IT IS OVERBEARING
                YOU COULD CUT IT WITH A BLADE

                POLLEN’S HEAVY, FLOATING IN THE AIR
                YOU KNOW THAT IT’S THE CORN
                SNEEZING AND YOUR EYES ITCHING
                YOU WISH YOU’D NEVER BEEN BORN

                OUTSIDE WORK IS DONE EARLY
                WATERING FLOWERS, TOMATO PLANTS
                MOWING THE YARD AT NOON?
                TOO HOT! NO WAY! I SIMPLY CAN’T!

                AIR CONDITIONER IS WORKING OVERTIME
                SWEET TEA IS IN HIGH DEMAND
                FRY AN EGG ON THE SIDEWALK
                GET SUNBURNED INSTEAD OF TANNED

                SOME JOBS YOU TRY HARD TO AVOID
                BALING HAY, LAYING NEW ASPHALT
                PUTTING ON A SHEET METAL ROOF
                WHILE SWEATING AWAY YOUR SALT

                OTHERS SAY THAT WHERE THEY LIVE
                IT CAN GET UNBEARABLY HOT
                TIME SPENT IN AN INDIANA HAY MOW
                TAKES ALL THE WILLPOWER YOU’VE GOT

                WHEN THE SWEAT BURNS YOUR EYES
                SO BAD THAT YOU CAN BARELY SEE
                YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE IN INDIANA
                WHERE ELSE COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE?