It's getting cold in Alaska Colder than it is in the Midwest I'm getting a warm feeling for Alaska That I've already got for the Midwest Mountains are big in Alaska Most the likes of which most never get to see And the hills I've seen them rolling in Iowa And from Iowa I happen to be Northern lights 9 pm Alaska The midnight sun sets down at 2 am But I grew up right in sight of the Mississippi A river so much bigger than I am The corn sucks in Alaska Nothing like the stuff we eat in the Midwest But the salmon fishing is terrible in Iowa In either case I guess neither place is the best Drive from Dubuque to Iowa City Old Greg Brown is playing at the Mill Word on the street's Two Little Feet was written on the Kenai And Early's about a town on an Iowa hill It's getting cold in Alaska Colder than it is in the Midwest I got me this warm feeling for Alaska That I've already got for the Midwest