I knew there was trouble
So I left Detroit
I left my old man
For a plane full of boys
For did he leave me that son of a bitch Keith, yeah home after dawn
Always smelling like pig
He took my share and still didn’t care
Yeah he probably would have killed me if I had stayed there
But I had a scheme so cool and so clean
I got me a ticket one way to Moline
Moline, Moline,
How have you been?
Been here before,
But it must have been a dream
Moline, you see,
Your rivers turn green
The Mississippi rises as wide as the sea
Moline, it seems that this is for me
My name is Nancy but here I’m Coleen
Yeah, Moline
Now I love paying ransom
Life on my own,
Yeah everything’s better than in that bastard’s home
And someday I’ll buy, yeah look in I’ve been.
I got my eye in the Quad Cities , here in Moline
The place with the chapel on 4th avenue and 12th street
Moline, Moline,
How have you been?
I probably been here before,
But it must’ve been a dream
Moline, you see
Your rivers turn green
The Mississippi rises as wide as the sea
Moline, it seems that this is for me
You call me Nancy and now I live in Moline.