An hourīs ride from Wichita
His dad got killed by a tornado
Mummy moved to Emporia
He didnīt like Kansas
He didnīt like Kansas
So he learned to play the trumpet
Shouldīve heard him play the guitar
Man, he sang like Lyle Lovett
He didnīt like Kansas
He got them Kansas City Turnpike Blues
Thatīs what he really loved to do
And it still was Kansas
It still was Kansas
Finally made his way to Austin
Sang the blues there all night long
Was too long that he had not been
With his baby way back home
Now he missed Kansas
Now he missed Kansas
Yeah he missed Kansas
He got them Kansas City Turnpike Blues