[MD] Nerina Pallot knows our Phaedrus?

[david buchanan]

Dr. Sexson, regent professor at Montana State University and the master of ceremonies for the 2012 Chautauqua in Bozeman, thought we MOQers might be amused by "Idaho", a song by Nerina Pallot. Sent by way of Tina Deweese, one of the Chautauqua organizers and the daughter of Bob and Gennie Deweese. (I love literate song writers.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqIDuznX5zE


Here are the full lyrics of "Idaho":   
In the back of a car on a road in the darkIn the stillicide, silently falling snowI've packed everything that I own in a bagAnd I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho
A poem for leaving, a reason to goSo I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho
'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but meAnd I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm freeI don't want to fall asleep and watch my life from fifty feetMy hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Idaho'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty
And oh, I've been dumb, I've been perfectly beautifulLain on my back buying lovers with stealthBut I'm sick of you all and I'm sick of opinionsAnd I'm sick of this war I wage on myself
And I don't know why I'm so gripped to go thereA universe riddle that only I knowMr. Robert he says, "It's all in the headTell me, Phaedrus, what's good, is it Idaho?”
'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but meAnd I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm freeI don't want to fall asleep and watch my life from fifty feetMy hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Idaho'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty, 'cause I hear it's mighty pretty
'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but meAnd I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm freeI don't want to fall asleep and watch my life from fifty feetMy hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Idaho
I don't want to fall asleep and watch my life from fifty feetMy hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Idaho'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty in Idaho