I heard this song on SiriusXM today for the first time in a long time. This song, wow, stirs up a lot of emotions for me. I grew up and lived in the Kansas City metro for the first 28 years of my life. This song came out when I was 3 or 4 years old, and was a mainstay in Kansas City for a long time. You couldn't turn on 61 Country (the country station that was on 610 AM in Kansas City for just about forever) and not hear this song at least once a day. It was also used in countless advertisements and montages on KC television stations.
I moved away from Kansas City six years ago. Even though I keep swearing I will never move back, it is, and always will be, home. Hearing this song stirs up memories of seeing the Plaza lights at Christmastime, riding around in a carriage, bundled up and looking up at the twinkling buildings. It makes me think of parking off of 108th and Skyview with friends and watching the planes land at KCI. It makes me think of summer days spent at Worlds of Fun or Oceans of Fun or at Royals games. It makes me think of ridiculously good barbecue. It makes me miss everything great about KC, as well as the friends and family I miss up there. In the 3 1/2 minutes of the song, I start to reconsider my choice to move away.
Not to mention, ever since I moved away to Texas, the song never ceases to make me cry. Hell, I'm welling up just thinking about the song and of Kansas City.
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