St. Louis

I take the bus the last stretch home

Grateful to be half alone

I look out the window

At places I don't belong

And my mind is in St. Louis

My mind is in Kansas City baby

Where I didn't have to know

What I was doing

My mind is rattling around

In a red tin can with you

I'm about fifty miles from Georgia

I'm nervous to come back and hold ya

I can't stay for very much longer

I watch the city emerge from a canopy of green

And my mind is in St. Louis

My mind is in Kansas City baby

Where I didn't have to know

What I was doing

My mind is rattling around

In a red tin can with you

And I'm back, fancy that, listening to NPR

Thinking 'bout the future

I'm feeling scared and unprepared

But I guess that's how it is

For every new adventure

So if you catch me in a daze

Seemingly unfazed by this place

You'll know

That my mind is in St. Louis

My mind is in Kansas City baby

Where I didn't have to know

What I was doing

My mind is, my mind is, my mind

It's in St. Louis

My mind is in Osgood, Indiana, Alabama

Kansas, Kansas City baby

I don't know what I'm doing

But I know my mind is

Floating up and down

Taking in the sounds

Rattling around in a red tin can

With you

I'm about fifty miles from my new home

Another place for me to belong