Kansas City lyrics

Gene]
I got to Kansas City on a Frid`y.
By Sattidy I l`arned a thing or two.
For up to then I didn`t have an idy
Of whut the modren world was comin` to.
I counted twenty gas buggies goin` by theirsel`s
Almost ev`ry time I tuck a walk.
Nen I put my ear to a Bell Telephone,
And a strange womern started in to talk!

Ev`rythin`s up to date in Kansas City.
They`ve gone about as fur as they c`n go!
They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high~
About as high as a buildin` orta grow.
Ev`rythin`s like a dream in Kansas City.
It`s better than a magic-lantern show.
Y` c`n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat,
With ev`ry kind o` comfort ev`ry house is all complete,
You c`n walk to privies in the rain an` never wet yer feet~
They`ve gone about as fur as they c`n go!

[Chorus]
Yes, sir!
They`ve gone about as fur as they c`n go!

[Gene]
Ev`rythin`s up to date in Kansas City.
They`ve gone about as fur as they c`n go!
They got a big theayter they call a burleekew.
Fer fifty cents you c`n see a dandy show.
One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty,
As round above as she was round below.
I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel,
But later in the second act, when she began to peel,
She proved that ev`rythin` she had was absolutely real~
She went about as fur as she could go!

[Chorus]
Yes, sir!
She went about as fur as she could go
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