maria lays in the tannin bed

and reads the tuesday news

she's down there every week at the

same time with the same ol' blues

she reads the funny papers

and then the classifieds

and if she ain't too lseepy there's the

weather report on the flip side

and this kansas life is a hard one

for a girl from miami

you're just staring out at the oil fields

and that's all that I can see

her old man's in the same place

since the company let him go

just sippin the pabst blue ribbon and

cussin amoco

maria drives home

from the tannin bed

and the black clouds

roll across the sky

she pulls into the trailer park, pops the

trunk and calls the kids outside

said there's a twister comin

and you haven't got a clue

I ain't going to sit here in this double

wide and wait around for you

cause i'm taking the microwave oven

and i'm takin the color tv

and i'm packin up the chevy

with the kids and what's left of me

this kansas life is a hard one

for a girl from miami

just staring out at the oil fields