When you got no man to give it his last name…
And her folks back in Manhattan didn’t want her or her bundle…
So she took her child and caught an evening train…
She found a job in Denver washing dishes in a diner…
At least it buys her baby milk to drink…
He once told her she was pretty…
But the only ring it got her…
Was the ring of grease that runs around the sink…
Yes she lay beside him gentle…
‘Cause he told her that he loved her…
And he made her dance before the music played…
But at least she didn’t beg him…
She’d rather wash her dishes…
It makes her feel as if her hands are clean…
Glen Campbell!
Manhattan isn’t exactly a gorgeous town, is it? Very industrial?
It is actually pretty from a distance with all of its hills and prairies.
But it does have an industrial section.
It is about the size of Ames, but unlike Ames, there are no other towns of any size for a hundred miles. So it is the economic center of its universe.