I can almost see you runnin' through the summertime
The Indiana grass above your knees
With the leaves and the waters mockin' you in pantomime
Can I go swimmin'? Can I daddy, please?

But it's a long, long way from the Wabash to the Hudson, girl
And the first place that it shows is in your eyes
There within I see the dim reflection
Long forgotten dreams and summer skies

But come on in and kick your dusty shoes off
Sing-a sing us a song of the way-back-when
Sing-a sing us a song of Indiana one more time
You can be your daddy's girl again

That silky way of movin' down life's highway
Forever seekin' what lay round the bend
One day somehow, she chanced to happen my way
'Cause a girl, it seems, can always use a friend

An island, just a little bit of shelter, Lord
For one of God's own creatures gone astray
Some lovin' and another cup of coffee
To pass the time I feel she's on her way

But come on in and kick your dusty shoes off
Sing-a sing us a song of the way-back-when
Sing-a sing us a song of Indiana one more time
You can be your daddy's girl again

Oh, come on in and kick your dusty shoes off
Sing-a sing us a song of the way-back-when
Sing-a sing us a song of Indiana one more time
You'll never be your daddy's girl again

But come on in and kick your dusty shoes off
Sing-a sing us a song of the way-back-when
Sing-a sing us a song of Indiana one more time
You can be your daddy's girl again

Oh, come on in and kick your dusty shoes off
Sing-a sing us a song of the way-back-when
Sing-a sing us a song of Indiana one more time
You can be your daddy's girl again