Lyrics

They ask me why I stay here in Missouri
When the music runs along the Tennessee
And I don't intend to cross that 'ole Red River
When this muddy water feels like home to me

Great Falls, Bismarck
Omaha, Rocheport
Kansas City, Sioux City
Golden Eagle River Ferry
White Cloud boat ride
Floatin' down the riverside

Ozark Mountain oak trees
Sittin' nowhere near the sea
'Yoda buggy loaded down
Trucker hats, downtown
Start here, end there
Seven states, now where?

Missouri River Run
Missouri River Run
Stop in, say"Hi!"
Midwest goodbye
Missouri River Run

Ain't west, ain't east
Middle of the country
Overlooked, driven through
Here's the window, there's the view
Nash sounds, Texas tunes
Add some fiddle to the blues

Rolling hills, flatlands
Got it all in our hands
Bitterroot Mountain Range
St. Louis exchange
Mississippi's runnin' dry
People tend to wander why

Missouri River Run
Missouri River Run
Stop in, say"Hi!"
Midwest goodbye
Missouri River Run

Aw-haw

Ariats, Converse
River runnin' in reverse
Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn
Mark Twain for the win
Cowboys, ranch-hands
All stuck in Dixieland

Skyscraper builders
Read it in the scripture
God's land, Great Plains
In my blood, in my veins
Fresh air, brick streets
Why would I ever leave?

Missouri River Run
Missouri River Run
Stop in, say"Hi!"
Midwest goodbye
Missouri River Run

"Ya'll come back now!"
"Toodle-oo!"