I'll gradually say "hey" and wave When I finally meet you The tickets are expensive To get there from where I live I guess I'll take the highway You had that Expo in the spring But I had school and home and things [Chorus] In the beginning it was easy to deny A good friend of mine lives in Kansas Out of the predicament Somewhere lied the first regret $20 all enclosed To get you through these darker times I hope that we both stay alive Enough to figure something out I'd like to take that train right now [Chorus] In the beginning it was easy to deny A good friend of mine lives in Kansas In the beginning it was easy to deny A good friend of mine lives in Kansas In the beginning it was easy to deny A good friend of mine lives in Kansas In the beginning it was easy to deny A good friend of mine lives in Kansas In the beginning it was easy to deny A good friend of mine lives in Kansas Got too peculiar Which one [?] Williamsburg Some college kids with their [?] And wouldn't it be fun? It feels, loves, and kisses you [?] In the beginning it was easy to deny A good friend of mine lives in Kansas And in the end it was easy to deny Another lonely day down in Kansas Raised in a graveyard Strange this displacement I will say great things to get to those great things Coughed out of garbage Move to Topeka A good friend of mine lives in