Rodgers And Hammerstein - Kansas City lyrics

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[Gene]<br />

I got to Kansas City on a Frid'y.<br />

By Sattidy I l'arned a thing or two.<br />

For up to then I didn't have an idy<br />

Of whut the modren world was comin' to.<br />

I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by theirsel's<br />

Almost ev'ry time I tuck a walk.<br />

Nen I put my ear to a Bell Telephone,<br />

And a strange womern started in to talk!<br />

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Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.<br />

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!<br />

They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high~<br />

About as high as a buildin' orta grow.<br />

Ev'rythin's like a dream in Kansas City.<br />

It's better than a magic-lantern show.<br />

Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat,<br />

With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete,<br />

You c'n walk to privies in the rain an' never wet yer feet~<br />

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!<br />

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[Chorus]<br />

Yes, sir!<br />

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!<br />

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[Gene]<br />

Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.<br />

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!<br />

They got a big theayter they call a burleekew.<br />

Fer fifty cents you c'n see a dandy show.<br />

One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty,<br />

As round above as she was round below.<br />

I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel,<br />

But later in the second act, when she began to peel,<br />

She proved that ev'rythin' she had was absolutely real~<br />

She went about as fur as she could go!<br />

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[Chorus]<br />

Yes, sir!<br />

She went about as fur as she could go