maria lays in the tannin bed
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and reads the tuesday news
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she1s down there every week at the
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same time with the same ol' blues
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she reads the funny papers
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and then the classifieds
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and if she ain1t too sleepy, there's the
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weather report on the flip side
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and this kansas life is a hard one
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for a girl from miami
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you're just staring out at the oil fields
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and that's all that I can see
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her old man1s in the same place
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since the company let him go
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just sippin the pabst blue ribbon and
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cussin amoco
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maria drives home
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from the tannin bed
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and the black clouds
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roll across the sky
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she pulls into the trailer park, pops the
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trunk and calls the kids outside
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said there1s a twister comin
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and you haven1t got a clue
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I ain't going to sit here in this double
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wide and wait around for you
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cause i'm takin the microwave oven
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and i'm takin the color tv
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and i'm packin up the chevy
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with the kids and what's left of me
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this kansas life is a hard one
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for a girl from miami
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just staring out at the oil fields
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Tannin Bed Song
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| Shawn Mullins |
