tannin bed song

maria lays in the tannin bed

and reads the tuesday news

shes down there every week at the

same time with the same old blues

she reads the funny papers

and then the classifieds

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

weather report on the flipside

and this kansas life is a hard one

for a girl from miami

you're just starin out at the oil fields

and that's all that i can see

her old mans 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 trailor park pops the

trunk and calls the kids outside

said there's a twister commin

and you haven't got a clue

i ain't gonna sit here in this double

wide and wait around for you

cause i'm takin the microwave oven

and i'm takin the color tv

and i'm packin up the chevy

with the kids and whats left of me

this kansas life is a hard one

for a girl form miami

just starin out at the oil fields