The stories behind Kansas - Wide-Open Signal

• Wide-Open Signal: No Town Too Forgotten — “Wide-Open Signal” follows a technician carrying parts and knowledge across Kansas, where the real challenge is simply the distance itself.

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Kansas on a windshield,

we'd been in gold and low

A case of little answers,

riding where the county roads go

I carry coils and tubing,

a scope wrapped in a coat,

and mile of hard -earned knowledge

Keeps somebody afloat

From Salina out to

Dodge City The sky refuses walls I read the dust and call ahead

When any signal falls

Wide open signal Reach me through the wind

Kansas keeps a steady hand

On where the roads begin

Parts in the backseat

Blueprints in my mind I cross along the horizon

So no one gets left behind

Wide open signal

Hold the line tonight

Knowledge travels farther When you carry it into the

light

A compressor waits in haze

A monitor in a crate

The clinic clock is running

And the storm is running late I know the sound of gravel

The rattle of a latch

The fix is more than hardware

It is knowing what to match

Past silo -strained

Past fences,

pulled tall

I bring the peace they needed

And the lesson they forgot

Wide open signal Reach me through the wind

Kansas keeps a steady hand

On where the roads begin

Parts in the backseat

Blueprints in my mind I cross along the horizon

And so no one gets left behind

Wide open signal Hold the

line tonight

Now let's travel farther

When you carry it into the light

When the prairie turns silver

And the headlights lose their reach I hear the patient waiting

And remember what they teach

No town is too forgotten

No distance too severe

A careful hand can bridge a gap

When hell is needed here

Wide open signal Rising through the wind

Kansas keeps a steady heart on where the roads begin.

Parts in the backseat, blueprints in my mind. I cross the long

horizon and leave nobody behind.

Wide open signal.

Burning clear

and carry what you know across the dark and make

it right

Kansas in the rear view Kansas up

ahead the road keeps opening

And I keep moving on instead