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Glen Campbell
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Manhattan, Kansas ain't no place to have a baby
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When you got no man to give it his last name
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And her folks back in Manhattan didn't want her or her bundle
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So she took her child and caught an evenin' train.
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She found a job in Denver washing dishes in a diner
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At least it buys her baby milk to drink
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He once told her she was pretty but the only ring it got her
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Was the ring of grease that runs around the sink.
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Yes she lay beside him gentle
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'Cause he told her that he loved her
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And he made her dance before the music played
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But at least she didn't beg him
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She'd rather wash her dishes
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It makes her feel as if her hands are clean.
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At night she stands there thinkin'
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'Bout the man back home in Kansas
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And how her folks just turned away the shame
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She stares down through the soap suds
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Reaches down and pulls the drain plug
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And watches as Manhattan drains away.
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Yes she lay beside him gentle
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'Cause he told her that he loved her
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And he made her dance before the music played
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But at least she didn't beg him
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She'd rather wash her dishes
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It makes her feel as if her hands are clean.
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Yes it makes her feel as if her hands are clean...
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