Leaving Behind the Endless Fields of Corn and Soybeans

Leaving It All Behind

I've packed my bags

Thrown them into the trunk

I sit behind the wheel forever

The car sputtering with life

It's time to leave it all behind

I've made my amends,

Said my goodbyes in my heart

I wipe away the tears, turning the key

It's time to leave

Miles and miles of cornfields

Silos spotting the horizon

Fields of windmills

Fields of soybeans

I roll down the windows

Turning up the radio

I'm finally leaving

The tears don't stop

But I'm laughing now

Singing every word that comes through my speakers

I drum my fingers on the steering wheel

My foot pressing down on the gas

I'm leaving this town behind

I'm getting out of this forsaken state

I'm heading to the mountains

I can go anywhere I want

I'll miss you

But you won't miss me

I'm leaving you and this town behind

And while I'll cry,

I'll smile in the end

I finally get to leave you and that town behind

I'm finally escaping these endless plains

These dirt roads are no longer the only roads I'll know

I'll learn new roads

And I'll forget about you

Not completely though

Memories of you will always be in my mind

Though they may fade

I'm leaving it all behind

That town

You, him, her

All of them

And if you ever wonder why I left

Know it's because while I'm crying on these backroads,

I'm ultimately singing and giddy as ever because

I'm finally

Finally

Leaving behind the endless fields of corn and soybeans