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lyrics

i never really thought that much of kansas
until i stopped for coffee in concordia that day
i was thinking life is only what it hands us
i forget about the things that happen when we look away

i’m leaving you the miles and the time
i’m leaving you for now but i’m not leaving you behind

i know a straight road back to kansas
i know a straight road back to knowing
just enough to get me by
i know a straight road back to kansas
back to kindness in a small town
a twinkle in my eye

i never really asked about your family
i never really told you why the sleep just wouldn’t come
i wondered if your heart would understand me
how i knew i’d have to go before the gravity was done

i’m leaving you the miles and the time
and i’m leaving you for now but i’m not leaving you behind

i know a straight road back to kansas
i know a straight road back to knowing
just enough to get me high
i know a straight road back to kansas
back to kindness in a small town
a twinkle in my eye

back to kindness in a small town in the sky

now i’m leaving you the miles and the time
i’m leaving you the blessings of the fading highway signs
i’m leaving you the color of your wine
I'm leaving I'm not leaving you
I'm leaving I'm not leaving you
behind

i know a straight road back to kansas
i know a straight road back to knowing
i will find you if i try
i know a straight road back to kansas
back to kindness in a small town
a twinkle in my eye

i know a straight road back to kansas
i know a straight road back to knowing
that goodbye is just goodbye
i know a straight road back to kansas
back to kindness in a small town
a twinkle in my eye

back to kindness in a small town in the sky

i never really thought that much of kansas
until i stopped for coffee in concordia

credits

from A Long and Precious Road, released August 18, 2015
Shawnee — acoustic guitar, vocal
William Wallace — acoustic guitar
Mike Meadows — drums
Andrew Pressman — upright bass
Anna Harris — fiddle
Carrie Elkin — background vocals

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"Shawnee Kilgore is to music as velvet gloves are to diamond cutters,” wrote James Hardesty, owner of the Green Frog Acoustic Tavern in Bellingham, WA. “She holds all this beauty in her hand, raw and untouched, then she chips away until it gleams in the light, holding on with a soft gentleness that she has perfected." ... more

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