Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Damien Jurado
Canonical path: /damien-jurado/kansas-city
Related lyric paths: 6
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Kansas City
Read Kansas City lyrics by Damien Jurado on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Kansas City
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Kansas City, I hold back my tears
I know that I should have been thrilled
I can't smile, knowing all the while
Everything you did, you did for you
Kansas City, you ask me how I've been
I lie and then say that I've been fine
Words that trailed off, as is far as we got
I know that I should have been thrilled
Kansas City, I am not her son
I belong to my mother who's now gone
Always left to leave that's why he has returned
I know I should have been thrilled
Kansas City, thanks for your concern
I will learn to get back on my own
Orphaned by my stake, call him by his name
I know someday I will return
I know someday I will return
I know someday I will return
I know someday I will return
I know someday I will return
I know someday I will return
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Damien Jurado performs "Kansas City", and this lyric page sits inside the Damien Jurado catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Butcher's Boy and Montesano with a short reason for opening each page next.
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