Truckstop Honeymoon - Mardi Gras In Kansas lyrics

It's Mardis gras in Kansas There ain't no parade Still I put on a boa and some plastic beads And this little tutu I made And I walked up and down this midwest town All I could see were cars With working stiffs going to work as if They didn't know it was Mardi Gras Mardis Gras in Kansas Ain't like it is in New Orleans There's no marching bands No Dacquiri stands No hookers and no drag queens No tourists falling in the gutter As they put their Margaritas away Mardis Gras in Kansas Is just another Tuesday I shoulda known something was up When I saw there was snow on the ground The neighbours were digging out their driveways And nobody else was around Thought I made a mistake And got the wrong date Maybe this was all a dream It's Mardi Gras, for sure But it's Kansas and not New Orleans Mardis Gras in Kansas It just ain't the same There's no Mardi Gras rows No cups to go Nobody playing Eliza Jane Still I put on a rhumba Dance a little number But I felt like a kind of a freak Coz Mardis Gras in Kansas Is just another day of the week So next year I got a good plan babe I tell you what we gonna do We're going to start the very first ever Kansas Mardi Gras crew Gonna shut down this whole town We're gonna close off every street And then the Kansas High School Marching Band Are gonna learn a different beat Mardis Gras in Kansas Ain't like it is in New Orleans There's no marching bands No Dacquiri stands No hookers and no drag queens But its gonna change, it's gonna get strange It will be like Kansas you have never seen When we get Mardis Gras in Kansas Just like they got in New Orleans Yeah, we'll have Mardis Gras in Kansas Just like they got in New Orleans