Kansas City Thesis Statement

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Recommended: English as a medium of instruction

The English student in me has been trained to look for the thesis statement. If an English teacher asked me to summarize “Kansas City” I would point to this line. Bob says it up and down ten times over throughout the song but this is his point. His lesson. His thesis. And it should break a person’s heart. If you are over the age of say maybe twelve it also both define and terrify you. It’s called growing up. Moving on. Making choices or more like accepting the only choice you have. Last night I was getting ready to go to sleep and as I laid there I had a thought - I hope your break my heart not harden it. When a relationship ends doesn’t that seem like the only two options we get as humans? “Kansas City” is a good bye disguised as a song.

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