Truckstop Honeymoon - Mardis Gras in Kansas
Intro:
It's Mardis gras in Kansas
There ain't no parade
Still I put on a boa and some plastic beads
and this little tutu I made
And I walked up and down this midwest town
All I could see were cars
With working stiffs going to work as if
They didn't know it was Mardi Gras
Mardis Gras in Kansas
Ain't like it is in New Orleans
There's no marching bands
No Dacquiri stands
No hookers and no drag queens
No tourists falling in the gutter
As they put their Margaritas away
Mardis Gras in Kansas
Is just another Tuesday
I shoulda known something was up
When I saw there was snow on the ground
The neighbours were digging out their driveways
And nobody else was around
Thought I made a mistake
And got the wrong date
Maybe this was all a dream
It's Mardi Gras, for sure
But it's Kansas and not New Orleans
Mardis Gras in Kansas
It just ain't the same
There's no Mardi Gras rows
No cups to go
Nobody playing Eliza Jane
Still I put on a rhumba
dance a little number
But I felt like a kind of a freak
Coz Mardis Gras in Kansas
Is just another day of the week
SOLO - Play same chords as verse
So next year I got a good plan babe
I tell you what we gonna do
We're going to start the very first ever
Kansas Mardi Gras crew
Gonna shut down this whole town
We're gonna close off every street
And then the Kansas High School Marching Band
are gonna learn a different beat
Mardis Gras in Kansas
Ain't like it is in New Orleans
There's no marching bands
No Dacquiri stands
No hookers and no drag queens
But its gonna change, it's gonna get strange
It will be like Kansas you have never seen
When we get Mardis Gras in Kansas
Just like they got in New Orleans
Yeah, we'll have Mardis Gras in Kansas
Just like they got in New Orleans