Tannin Bed Song

<br>maria lays in the tannin bed <br>and reads the tuesday news <br>she`s down there every week at the <br>same time with the same ol` blues <br>she reads the funny papers <br>and then the classifieds <br>and if she ain`t too lseepy there`s the <br>weather report on the flip side <br>and this kansas life is a hard one <br>for a girl from miami <br>you`re just staring out at the oil fields <br>and that`s all that I can see <br>her old man`s in the same place <br>since the company let him go <br>just sippin the pabst blue ribbon and <br>cussin amoco <br>maria drives home <br>from the tannin bed <br>and the black clouds <br>roll across the sky <br>she pulls into the trailer park, pops the <br>trunk and calls the kids outside <br>said there`s a twister comin <br>and you haven`t got a clue <br>I ain`t going to sit here in this double <br>wide and wait around for you <br>cause i`m taking the microwave oven <br>and i`m takin the color tv <br>and i`m packin up the chevy <br>with the kids and what`s left of me <br>this kansas life is a hard one <br>for a girl from miami <br>just staring out at the oil fields