Kansas City

The river is deep and the river is wide

And the girl that I love is on the other side

She wants to move to Kansas City

Move to Kansas City

Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue

She's walking down Ellum, turning down Main

Trying to find someone to sell her cocaine

She wants to move to Kansas City

Move to Kansas City

Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue

With a dayful of promises dead on her lips

Mark 15:34 tucked next to her hip

She wants to move to Kansas City

Move to Kansas City

Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue

Well, I jumped in the water and started to drown

I thought of her walking and turned back around

I want to move to Kansas City

Move to Kansas

I want, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue

With her pair of old wings that opened just once

She can walk on two feet now, she can go where she wants

She can even move to Kansas City

Move to Kansas City

Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue

And I'll tell you one thing that you should never do

Never let no woman tell you she loves you

Sure she'll call you "baby", she'll look in your eye

Then she'll get on that airplane and wave bye bye bye bye bye bye

Bye bye baby, baby bye bye

Bye Bye baby, so long next time

So long next time

And if I could believe what I want to believe

I'd hold you all close and take you with me

All of you to Kansas City

You to Kansas City

And me, yeah, where the sky is so blue