Manhattan Kansas Song Lyrics and Chords by Leona Williams
Manhattan Kansas
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Joe Allen
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Manhattan Kansas ain't no
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place to have a baby
When you
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got no man to give it his last
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name
But my
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folks back in Manhattan didn't
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want me or my baby
So I
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took my child and
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caught an evening
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I found a job in Denver washin'
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dishes in a diner
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least it buys my baby milk to
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drink
He once
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told me I was pretty but the
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only ring he gave me
Was the
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ring of grease that
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runs around the
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sink
Yes I
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loved him sweet and gentle cause he
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told me that he loved me
And he
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made me dance
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before the music
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played
But at
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least I didn't beg him I'd
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rather wash my dishes
It
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makes me feel as
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if my hands are
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clean
At night I stand there thinkin' bout my
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man back home in Kansas
And
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how my folks just turned away
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ashamed
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stare down through the soap suds reach on
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down
And pull the drain plug
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watch as
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Manhattan drains
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away
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Manhattan Kansas?
- The song Manhattan Kansas was sang by Leona Williams.
Who is Leona Williams?
- Leona Belle Helton (born January 7, 1943 in Vienna, Missouri, United States) is an American country music singer known professionally as Leona Williams. Active since 1958, Williams has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard and The Strangers. (She and Haggard were married between 1978 and 1983.) She also charted eight times on Hot Country Songs, with her only Top 40 hit being a duet with Haggard titled "The Bull and the Beaver."
