ain't no place to have a baby
And her folks back in Manhattan
didn't treat her like a lady
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
that runs around the sink.
Yes, she laid beside him gentle,
because he told her that he loved her.
And he made her dance before
But at least she's not a beggar.
She'd rather wash her dishes.
At night she stands there dreaming
About the man back home in Kansas
It reaches down and pulls the drain plug
Yeah, she lay beside him gentler
Cos he told her that he loved her
He made her dance before the music
But at least she's not a beggar
She'd rather wash her dishes
It makes her feel as if her
ain't no place to have a baby
And her folks back in Manhattan
Didn't treat her like a lady
So she took a child and called him you
