Campbell Glen Manhattan Kansas Lyrics

Manhattan Kansas Lyrics

manhattan, kansas ain't no place to have a baby

 when you got no man to give it his last name

 and her folks back in manhattan didn't want her or her bundle

 so she took her child and caught an evenin' train

 

 she found a job in denver washing dishes in a diner

 at least it buys her baby milk to drink

 he once told her she was pretty but the only ring it got her

 was the ring of grease that runs around the sink

 

 yes she lay beside him gentle

 'cause he told her that he loved her

 and he made her dance before the music played

 but at least she didn't beg him

 she'd rather wash her dishes

 it makes her feel as if her hands are clean

 

 at night she stands there thinkin'

 'bout the man back home in kansas

 and how her folks just turned away the shame

 she stares down through the soap suds

 reaches down and pulls the drain plug

 and watches as manhattan drains away

 

 yes she lay beside him gentle

 'cause he told her that he loved her

 and he made her dance before the music played

 but at least she didn't beg him

 she'd rather wash her dishes

 it makes her feel as if her hands are clean

 

 yes it makes her feel as if her hands are clean