| He called from Kansas City
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| He said I’m on the Missouri side
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| She said you had me worried
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| I was expecting you tonight
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| The silence that followed caused her heartbeat to race
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| so she got out a map, her hands trembling as she sat
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| for the next words he would say
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| Then her tears fell on Missouri
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| Like rain a-pourin'down
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| he just called and told her
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| about a new love he’d found
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| the children lay a-sleepin'
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| they don’t know their daddy’s gone
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| and her tears fell on Missouri
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| from their little Georgia home
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| She said what about our babies
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| Don’t you remember the day
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| the doctor gave 'em to you
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| and your tears of joy fell on their face
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| you should’ve thought of their feelings 'cause it’s not just you and me alone
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| and what am I gonna say to our angels when they wake
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| and ask why dad’s not coming home |