The stories behind Heartbeat of the Ozarks

• Heartbeat of the Ozarks Finds the Whole Job in One Quiet Visit — This gentle Americana ballad slows all the way down to show what a routine equipment check actually looks like at a small clinic.

Lyrics

Winding roads through the cedar shade,

morning mist where the hills are laid

Carrying tools in a weathered case,

driving down to a quiet place

Past the river where the mist hangs low

To a planet where the wind don't blow

And the hills roll green and the engine

hums To the little white planet the traveler comes

Checking the pulse of a vital machine

Keeping the heartbeat steady and clean

In the heart of the

Ozarks, steady and true

there is heavy and honest work to do

inside the walls of the wooden room

Clearing the chill in the early gloom

Opening up the workshop drawer

Just like a hundred times before

Testing the dials with a steady hand

Far from the noise of the busy land

The local nurse with a knowing smile

Talks of the winters and talks of the miles

Sharing the story of neighbors and kin

Where the healing starts and the hope sets in

Working together to keep them strong

Right where the people of the valley belong long

and the hills roll green and the engine hums

to the little white clinic the traveler comes

checking the pulse of a vital machine

keeping the heartbeat steady and clean in the heart of the

ozarks steady and true

there is heavy and honest work to do

The screen lights up with a steady glow

Back to service and good to go

Packed up the kit by the fading light

driving home through the ozark night

peace in the valley safe and sound

where the care of the country heals the ground

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