Kiss Me in Rapid City

There are a lot of things a girl shouldn't do alone
It's not like I go searching them out
But I'm flying blind and there I am
What are you going to do?
I got on a plane with my backpack and my guitar
Spent the first night at the airport, then I bought an old car
And a wristwatch, the watch lost time and maybe I did too
But the car kept moving and so did I
Now it's all these years later, I can't look back
And say for sure where the hell I've been, oh
Kiss me in Rapid City

There was a time my father would have blamed me
For every gray hair on his head
W ell, maybe that's fair, I know for sure I'm to blame for every one of mine
He doesn't think about me much anymore
I'm the grown up daughter who moved away
He won't want to hear what I don't call to say when I never find the time
Well maybe I've run from everyone who tried to care
Hey, it's better that way, I'll call sometime
With my new address (write it in pencil), oh
Kiss me quick in Rapid City

Sometimes it seems what you least expect is what matters most
That's what I thought when we met
'Cause you told the truth, and gave me respect
That makes a world of difference
And all our lives, though I never would have guessed,
The space between us expanded and compressed
Until we touched and I learned what it meant
To really close the distance
So I'll write you this letter on a phone booth wall
Because I know you wouldn't be home if I called
Let it go, don't look back, oh
And kiss me in Rapid City
Oh, Rapid City
Oh, Rapid City

©1995 Annie Gallup