Take a walk down main street Have a look around Now look in all the windows The empty buildings in this town Imagine all the people Who came and had to go Look for something better In the dream on down the road Chorus You can't spend a dime in leland iowa 'Cause every store in town's run out of luck But you can spend a lot of time in leland iowa Living on a farm -- working on your pickup truck There used to be a diner Where everyone would go And that building on the corner Used to be a picture show You should've seen it in the summer Around the 4th of july When fireworks and carnivals Were lightin' up the sky I know people who have lived here Through a couple world wars And their fathers like their fathers Were raising kids and growing corn And like their friends around them It's the only life they know Through the good times and the bad times They will stay here even though