Mardi Gras in Kansas

It's Mardis gras in Kansas
 There ain't no parade
 Still I put on a boa and some plastic beads
 and this little tutu I made
 And I walked up and down this midwest town
 All I could see were cars
 With working stiffs going to work as if
 They didn't know it was Mardi Gras
 Mardis Gras in Kansas
 Ain't like it is in New Orleans
 There's no marching bands
 No Dacquiri stands
 No hookers and no drag queens
 No tourists falling in the gutter
 As they put their Margaritas away
 Mardis Gras in Kansas
 Is just another Tuesday
 I shoulda known something was up
 When I saw there was snow on the ground
 The neighbours were digging out their driveways
 And nobody else was around
 Thought I made a mistake
 And got the wrong date
 Maybe this was all a dream
 It's Mardi Gras, for sure
 But it's Kansas and not New Orleans
 Mardis Gras in Kansas
 It just ain't the same
 There's no Mardi Gras rows
 No cups to go
 Nobody playing Eliza Jane
 Still I put on a rhumba
 Dance a little number
 But I felt like a kind of a freak
 Coz Mardis Gras in Kansas
 Is just another day of the week
 So next year I got a good plan babe
 I tell you what we gonna do
 We're going to start the very first ever
 Kansas Mardi Gras crew
 Gonna shut down this whole town
 We're gonna close off every street
 And then the Kansas High School Marching Band
 Are gonna learn a different beat
 Mardis Gras in Kansas
 Ain't like it is in New Orleans
 There's no marching bands
 No Dacquiri stands
 No hookers and no drag queens
 But its gonna change, it's gonna get strange
 It will be like Kansas you have never seen
 When we get Mardis Gras in Kansas
 Just like they got in New Orleans
 Yeah, we'll have Mardis Gras in Kansas
 Just like they got in New Orleans