Paroles de Kansas

That voice told my heart to turn around But my heart wouldn’t shake That voice was so persistent I disconnected the brakes And I pushed that pedal down I watched the fuel gauge as it went south And I pushed that pedal down My engine sputtered and died right in front of her house Her father was stationed overseas And her mom was buried in the backyard She didn’t have a future there But she had five gallons of gasoline She packed her things inside my car And in the kitchen by the phone with a felt-tip pen, she wrote a note She said: Daddy I can’t take it anymore They tell me there’s a world out there But I just have to make sure She turned around and took a last look and then she shut that beater door And I pushed that pedal down