Well, the discount ticket broker Goldstar was offering $15 tickets for this Friday night's opening gig of Kansas' 40th anniversary tour. Bloody hell - just when I thought I'd had enough "classic rock" gigs for awhile

... But decided I can't pass that up for $15! So, of course I had to read up on and listen to some Kansas. Haha - I only owned one album of theirs that I remember buying soon after it came out in late 1976 - Carry on Wayward Son was a huge hit and I had to have the album it came from - Leftoverture. I'm listening to it now on Spotify - it's possible I've not heard this all the way through in well over 30 years. Weird - how I immediately remember every lyric & note. Even though Carry on Wayward Sun was the huge hit from that album, there are several GREAT songs including What's on my Mind, Miracles Out of Nowhere, and, well, all of them really!!

What's on my Mind - great rocker, great vocals, great everything!
http://youtu.be/JFdaoZV2KQkLyrics: KANSAS
What's On My Mind Lyrics
Well you told me that I was just not the one
And you left me standing out in the cold
It's been a long time and I'm so much better now
That I'm looking back and seeing it all
And for the first time there's no pain in my life
Though it's a long hard road that I've gone
We had a good thing
And it made me a man and I know
You got me goin'
Pardon me my feelings are showing
I'm only saying what's on my mind
Well I found you or maybe I found myself
And I think we knew it all of the time
We fit together just like a lock and a key
And we opened up each other's minds
I was laughing 'cause there was no room to cry
There was too much growing to do
We had a good time
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http://www.elyrics.net ]
And it ain't over yet 'cause I know
You got me goin'
Will you pardon me my feelings are showing
I'm only saying what's on my mind
You came from nowhere and you just jumped in my life
And I know it never will be the same
You made me love you and now I'm home once again
No, I never want to leave you no more
'Cause I'm attached to the better half of myself
And there's nowhere else that I'd rather be
You filled an empty
You fixed a bad broken heart and I know
You got me goin'
Pardon me my feelings are showing
I'm only saying what's on my mind
I'm only saying what's on my mind
I'm only saying what's on my mind
I'm only saying what's on my mind
*** just checked my master gig history list, and I only saw Kansas once - October 6, 1979 at Assembly Hall (large indoor sports arena) on the campus of my university (UIUC) in Urbana/Champaign, Illinois. Haha - that was my freshman year and I remember feeling like the ultimate kid in the candy store - buying tickets for as many gigs as possible!
