Intro:
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I went to Kansas City on a Friday
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By Saturday I learned a thing or two
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But up 'till then I didn't have an idea
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Of what the mod'rn world was comin' to.
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I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by their selves
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Almost every time I took a walk
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An' then I put my ear to a bell telephone
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An' a strange woman started into talk.
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(To you?)
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What next! Yeah what??
Verse 1:
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Everything's up to date in Kansas City
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They gone about as fer as they can go
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They went an' built a skyscraper seven stories high
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About as high as a buildin' orta grow.
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Everything's like a dream in Kansas City
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It's better than a magic lantern show.
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You can turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat
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With every kind of comfort every house is all complete.
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You could walk the privees in the rain and never wet your feet!
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They've gone about as fer as they can go.
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They've gone about as fer as they can go!
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Everything's up to date in Kansas City
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They've gone about as fer as they can go
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They got a big theatre they call a burleque
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For fifty cents you could see a dandy show!
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One of the gals is fat and pink and pretty
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As round above as she was round below
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I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel
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But then she started dancin' and her dancin' made me feel
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That every single thing she had was absolutely real!
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She went about as fer as she could go
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Yes, Sir! She went about as fer as she could go!
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