Manhattan Kansas ain't no place to have a baby   If you got no man to give it his last name   And my folks back in Manhattan didn't want me or her bundle   So I took my child and caught an evening train   I got 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   It makes me feel as if my hands're clean   [ steel ]   At night I stands there thinkin' bout the men back home in Kansas   And how my folks just turned away ashamed   I look down through the soap suds reache down and pulls the drain plug   And watches as Manhattan drains away   Yes I laid beside him gentle...