Kansas City Southern - Turnpike Troubadours

Well I was working on the KCS Rail Line

Katie was the girl down the street

Well I took her to a dance on the Fourth of July

Hopin she might fall in love with me

Well the band started playing right at nine

Firecrackers popped in the sky

We danced and we danced

Lord I never had a chance

I got canned on the 5th of July

And we laughed at the moonlight

Said goodbye in the grey light of dawn

Yes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems

Is the one that I hold in my arms

I was playin in the Tommy Knocker Tavern

Jenny was the girl at the bar

Well I sang every song for her and her alone

And kissed her neath the Colorado stars

And we laughed at the moonlight

Said goodbye in the grey light of dawn

Yes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems

Is the one that I hold in my arms

Seasons come and change just like the leaves

Red oaks in the kai nation wind

Well they scatter and they fall

Where they land I can’t recall

Will I ever find my darlin again

And we laughed at the moonlight

Said goodbye in the grey light of dawn

Yes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems

Is the one that I hold in my arms

Yes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems

Is the one that I hold in my arms