and reads the tuesday news
 she's down there every week at the
 same time  with the same ol' blues
 she reads the funny papers
 and then the classifieds
 and if she ain't too lseepy  there's the
 weather report on the flip side
 and this kansas life is a hard one
 for a girl from miami
 you're just staring out at the oil fields
 and that's all that I can see
 her old man's in the same place
 since the company let him go
 just sippin the pabst blue ribbon and
 cussin amoco
 maria drives home
 from the tannin bed
 and the black clouds
 roll across the sky
 she pulls into the trailer park, pops the
 trunk and calls the kids outside
 said there's a twister comin
 and you haven't got a clue
 I ain't going to sit here in this double
 wide and wait around for you
 cause i'm taking the microwave oven
 and i'm takin the color tv
 and i'm packin up the chevy
 with the kids and what's left of me
 this kansas life is a hard one
 for a girl from miami
 just staring out at the oil fields