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 treat her like a lady   So she took her child and caught an evening 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   Is the ring of grease that runs around the sink      Yes she laid beside him gentle cause he told her that he loved her   And he made her dance before the music played   But at least she's not a beggar she rather wash her dishes   It makes her feel as if her hands're clean      At night she stands there thinkin' bout the men back home in Kansas   And how men happen made up feel ashamed   She stares down through the soap suds reaches down and pulls the drain plug   And watches as Manhattan drains away   Yes she laid beside him gentle...   Manhattan Kansas ain't no place...