(Joe Allen)      Manhattan Kansas ain't no place to have a baby   When you got no man to give it his last name   And the folks back in Manhattan didn't want me or my bundle   So I took my child and caught an evening train.      And I found a job in Denver washing dishes in a diner   At least it buys my baby milk to drink   He once told me I was pretty but the only ring it got me   Is the ring of grease that runs around the sink.      Yes, I laid beside him gentle 'cause he told me that he loved me   And he made me dance before the music played   But at least I didn't beg him I'd rather wash my dishes   'Cause it makes me feel as if my hands're clean.      Sometimes I stand there thinkin' bout the men back home in Kansas   And how my folks just turned away ashamed   I stare down through the soap suds reach down and pulls the drain plug   And watche as Manhattan drains away.      Yes, I laid beside him gentle 'cause he told me that he loved me   And he made me dance before the music played   But at least I didn't beg him I'd rather wash my dishes   'Cause it makes me feel as if my hands're clean.      Yes, it makes me feel as if my hands're clean...