Tears Fell On Missouri - Blue Highway

He called from Kansas City

He said I’m on the Missouri side

She said you had me worried

I was expecting you tonight

The silence that followed caused her heartbeat to race

so she got out a map, her hands trembling as she sat

for the next words he would say

Then her tears fell on Missouri

Like rain a-pourin'down

he just called and told her

about a new love he’d found

the children lay a-sleepin'

they don’t know their daddy’s gone

and her tears fell on Missouri

from their little Georgia home

She said what about our babies

Don’t you remember the day

the doctor gave 'em to you

and your tears of joy fell on their face

you should’ve thought of their feelings 'cause it’s not just you and me alone

and what am I gonna say to our angels when they wake

and ask why dad’s not coming home