Late Night Radio - Greg Brown

All across Kansas, all across Kansas

In the night-

We’ll reach Missouri in the dawn’s

Early light

My sister and I in the back seat don’t

Care how far we got to go

We want to keep rolling, listening to

That late night radio

Mama took the suitcases and blankets

Made us a little nest

Every time we peek up she says

«You kids try to get a little rest.»

We can hear her and daddy singing

Warm as the dashlight glow

In the back seat, rain for the drumbeat

Listening to that late night radio

We’re almost sleeping

Tucking in our legs and arms

We’re almost dreaming

Looking through the rain at the little lights of the farms

If we get stuck in the mud

My daddy he will carry us I know

The music’s coming all the way from

Texas on the late night radio

Now my own children

Are back in that nest where I used to be

Every time they peek up, I say

«You kids now try to get a little sleep,»

And the older girl says

«Daddy I wish we could drive all night

Just go and go-

Oh I love it when it’s raining

Can we listen to the radio?

Listen to that late night radio

Can we drive all night

And Daddy listen to

Can we drive all night now Daddy and listen to that

Late night radio?

In the back seat, rain for the drum beat

Listen to that late night radio?

In the back seat, rain for the drum beat

Listen to that late night radio

Coming all the way from Texas

Oh that late night radio

In the back seat, rain for the drum beat

Listen to that late night radio

Oh I love it, I love it, I love it

Love it when it’s raining

Can we go and go and go and go and go and go and go and …

Listen to that late night radio

Can we go and go and go and go and go and?»