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