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Rapid City, South Dakota Lyrics

Artist: Kinky Friedman
Album: Kinky Friedman

(Kinky Friedman)

Just a ragged kid in overalls, he thumbed a ride one day
He told me, â‚¬Å“Anywhere youâ‚¬â„¢re goingâ‚¬â„¢s on my way.â‚¬?
But as we passed by Big Alâ‚¬â„¢s drive-in his eyes began to flash
He was leavinâ‚¬â„¢ Rapid City mighty fast.

He said, â‚¬Å“I hope to God she finds the good-bye letter that I wrote her
But the mail donâ‚¬â„¢t move so fast in Rapid City, South Dakota.â‚¬?

Well, he left her just a blanket of snow upon the farm
And that donâ‚¬â„¢t keep your conscience very warm.
He said his friends were too durn country and his pa was too damn mean
And there werenâ‚¬â„¢t no money pumpinâ‚¬â„¢ gasoline.

And her gentle eyes, the merchandise of dreams the peddler sold her
Who left her there alone in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Now the reason he was goinâ‚¬â„¢, I ainâ‚¬â„¢t sure I could say,
Mightâ‚¬â„¢ve been the rodeo in Santa F.
â‚¬Å“Thereâ‚¬â„¢s a doctor in Chicago, I know sheâ‚¬â„¢ll be all right â‚¬?
He told himself as he stared into the night.

And he said, â‚¬Å“I hope to God she finds the good-bye letter that I wrote her
But the mail donâ‚¬â„¢t move so fast in Rapid City, South Dakota.â‚¬?

And all her people treatinâ‚¬â„¢ her just like they never knowed her
Lord, the winterâ‚¬â„¢s passinâ‚¬â„¢ slow in Rapid City, South Dakota.

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