Collect From Wichita

<br>(Neal Coty/Randy Vanwarmer)<br><br>It`s rainin` cats and dogs<br>At a diner outside Wichita<br>Out of money, our of breath<br>Somewhere in the great midwest<br>It ain`t like you`ll walk through that door<br>A thousand miles from Baltimore<br>But if you did you`d understand<br>I`m drowning in this promise land<br><br>This time I`ve spent I`ve just been driftin`<br>And I ain`t got nothin` left<br>Yeah, I`ve been bent and twisted<br>Into this state of helplessness<br>My back is up against the wall<br>Hopin` that you`ll take my call<br>Collect from Wichita<br><br>Left Austin road in a cloud of dust<br>Screaming blind and furious<br>Splinters in my hands and feet<br>From pieces of our broken dreams<br><br>This time I`ve spent I`ve just been driftin`<br>And I ain`t got nothin` left<br>Yeah, I`ve been bent and twisted<br>Into this state of helplessness<br>My back is up against the wall<br>Hopin` that you`ll take my call<br>Collect from Wichita<br><br>I hear that cold dial tone<br>I`ve got my heart on hold<br>Voice says will you take this call<br>Collect from Wichita<br><br>This time I`ve spent I`ve just been driftin`<br>And I ain`t got nothin` left<br>Yeah, I`ve been bent and twisted<br>Into this state of helplessness<br>My back is up against the wall<br>Hopin` that you`ll take my call<br>Collect from Wichita