Rapid City, South Dakota

Just a ragged kid in overalls, he thumbed a ride one day He said, "Anywhere you're headed is on my way" But as we passed the big [Incomprehensible] drive-in His eyes began to flash, he was leavin' Rapid City mighty fast He said, "I hope to god she finds The goodbye letter that I wrote her 'Cause the mail don't move too fast In Rapid City, South Dakota" Well, he left her just a blanket of snow up on the farm That won't keep your conscience very warm He said his friends were too darn country And his pa was too damn mean And there ain't no money in pumpin' gasoline And in her gentle eyes was the merchandise Of dreams the peddler sold her As he left her there alone in Rapid City, South Dakota Now the reason he was goin', I'm not sure I could say Might've been the rodeo in Santa Fe "There's a doctor in Chicago, I know she'll be alright" He told himself as he stared into the night He said, "I hope to god she finds The goodbye letter that I wrote her 'Cause the mail don't move too fast In Rapid City, South Dakota" All her people treatin' her Just like they never know her Lord, the winter passes slow In Rapid City, South Dakota