Last Night in Kansas

Frail hands turn the pages

While bloodshot eyes search the words

Old letters & postmarks light the way

She was in Kansas last I heard

And god, I miss her loving arms,

The way they held me close late at night

Through the darkness and uncertainty

You know, she made everything feel alright

The doctor say there’s no hope left for me

You know my best days have passed

Just one more night in her arms

And I can die happy here in Kansas

Her mother got sick in Abilene

And I was a selfish man and told her not to leave

She left Houston on that Greyhound bus

And it was like the wheels came off on me

I drank myself to bed most every night

Yeah, and I did all the pills I could to make it through

That life took my money, man...took my health

And left here broken, without you

The doctor say there’s no hope left for me

You know my best days have passed

Just one more night in her arms

And I can die happy here in Kansas

The doctors say the end is near

Put on too many miles in not enough years

And I just pray that you’ll forgive me

You’re the only thing that’s ever taken away my fears

You ever think back to those better days?

You and I dancing down at Dotty’s to our favorite song

God, I’ve missed your loving arms

They’re the only place in this world I’ve ever belonged

The doctor say there’s no hope left for me

You know my best days have passed

Just one more night in her arms

And I can die happy here in Kansas

The doctor say there’s no hope left for me

You know my best days have passed

Just one more night in your arms

And I can die happy here in Kansas