Five Gears Down a Kansas Road

Verse 1

Sun comin’ up on a gravel drive,

Kansas sky stretchin’ wide.

Dust on an old Ford bench seat,

Farm boots hangin’ off his feet.

I said, “Son, take it easy, don’t rush it now,

This truck’s got a feel you gotta figure out.”*

Chorus

Push in the clutch, ease off slow,

Find that gear, let the engine roll.

Five on the floor, just like I was shown,

By my old man on these same back roads.

A little stall, a little pride,

That’s how boys turn into men outside.

Yeah, five gears down a Kansas road,

That’s how this kind of love gets passed along.

Verse 2

I learned the same way years ago,

Hand-me-down truck, radio low.

Dad said, “Listen, she’ll tell you when,

You don’t drive her—you work with her, son.”*

Now I’m sayin’ those same old lines,

Hearin’ my father in my own voice tonight.

Chorus

Push in the clutch, ease off slow,

Find that gear, let the engine roll.

Five on the floor, just like I was shown,

By my old man on these same back roads.

A little stall, a little pride,

That’s how boys turn into men outside.

Yeah, five gears down a Kansas road,

That’s how this kind of love gets passed along.

Bridge

Wheat fields glow in the evenin’ light,

Windmill hummin’ soft and right.

I see my past in his smile now,

Circle of life on a dirt road somehow.

Final Chorus

Push in the clutch, ease off slow,

Let it shake, let it go.

Five on the floor, generations strong,

Same hard lesson, same old song.

Kansas raised us steady and true,

A man, a boy, and a truck made new.

Yeah, five gears down a Kansas road,

That’s how this kind of love gets passed along.

Outro

Just a father, a son, and a country drive,

Keepin’ old lessons alive.