Kansas City as the first snow of the year began to fall
She's at a Westport party drunk and leaning against the wall
Skipper Wolfe comes stomping in, someone has a plan
Face boy goes to fetch his clothes, we go lend a hand
We leave KC at midnight heading north on the interstate
Snow is falling hard and fast, we're glad to get away
Five kids in a beat-up car kicking up their heels
Heading out into the dark beneath the spell of wheels
Beneath the spell of wheels
Across the land this car will roll
Past places we'll never know
Flashing lights and highway signs
Mark the miles and keep the time
Beneath the spell of wheels
Beneath the spell of wheels
It's an empty stretch of pitch black
Road and we're feeling quite upset
The snow is falling hard and now we're as scared as we can get
'Cause the black car that's been chasing us has rolled its window down
And when I see the shotgun there I know we're graveyard bound
High above us in the night
A thousand faces sleep in flight
Down here the road turns like a screw
I'm on my way back home to you
Beneath the spell of wheels
Beneath the spell of wheels
We're sinking low as we can go, waiting for the blast
Skipper jams down on the brakes, the demon car pulls past
We pull off on the roadside, everybody pulls their knives
The black car keeps on going and I guess so do our lives
We get to Minnesota, spend the winter in Monocone
Where they were small-time criminals just like the ones at home
Watching through the windows for what the night reveals
Waiting for the spring to come beneath the spell of wheels
Beneath the spell of wheels