there's no hope in Cincinnati
there's no town like Baton Rouge
i can offer you Chicago, still there's nothing i can do
so i'm holding fast to Houston, while she screams Niagara Falls
and i hope and pray you won't return at all

[chorus:]
as the lights burn out in Mississippi
as the tears roll down in old St. Paul
i'll be writing you this letter Kansas City (dreaming)
where i hope and pray you won't return at all

there's no left turns in Jersey
i don't care for San Jose
and i'll probably go to Vegas in the fall
head west to San Diego
while New York is standing tall
and i hope and pray you won't return at all

[chorus]

when the sun comes up in Pasadena
when the waves crash down in the Carolinas
when i lose all hope in Colorado
when the heat dies down in Arizona
every song i sing i'll sing for you
i'll call at 3am just like i always do
every second every minute every hour of the day
you're always on my mind

[chorus]


Thanks to Tony (swordplay818@yahoo.com) for these lyrics
Thanks to Sam (xsammeeyo@aim.com), Taichadow (taichadow@aim.com), T3H PWNAR for correcting these lyrics