[00:14.140]He fell in love with a girl named Kansas
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[00:20.590]In the fall of 1863
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[00:26.790]A farm boy and an officer's daughter
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[00:32.590]In a time when young hearts shouldn't dream
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[00:38.480]He said "Kansas I'll live you forever "
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[00:44.240]So she married him under an August sun
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[00:50.150]But as they finished their vows
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[00:53.610]Some soldiers came through town
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[00:56.410]Said "We're lookin' for the willing and the young "
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[01:02.200]He left standin' in her white dress
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[01:05.460]As he bravely marched through the night
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[01:14.270]And as she fell to the ground
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[01:17.680]He left to the sound
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[01:20.700]Of hearing his sweet Kansas cry
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[01:29.960]He learned how to hunt 'round Topeka
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[01:35.640]But he learned how to kill at Spring Hill
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[01:41.680]The blood and the smoke sure crushed any hope
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[01:47.630]That he'd find his way through that hell
[01:51.090]
[01:53.300]He left standin' in her white dress
[01:55.950]
[01:56.540]As he bravely marched through the night
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[02:05.360]And as she fell to the ground
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[02:08.530]He left to the sound
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[02:11.650]Of hearing his sweet Kansas cry
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[02:34.880]He wrote "Dear Kansas I
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[02:38.600]Fear that tonight I might break your heart
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[02:44.510]'Cus the fog's rollin' in and we're runnin' outta men
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[02:50.030]And we've been ordered to lead the charge "
[02:54.840]
[02:56.200]He left her in the white dress
[02:59.520]As he bravely marched through the night
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[03:08.360]And as he fell to the ground
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[03:11.680]He called her name out
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[03:14.670]And somewhere his sweet Kansas cried