Biography:
The Rainmakers are a Kansas City, Missouri-based original rock band whose members include:
Bob Walkenhorst,
Steve Phillips (later a member of The Elders),
Jeff Porter,
Rich Ruth,
Pat Tomek,
Michael Bliss (replaced Rich Ruth in 1995).
Missouri has long boasted of being the home of two of America's greatest artists, Mark Twain and Chuck Berry. However, it wasn't until The Rainmakers thundered into the national music spotlight in 1986
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Well Take a trip with me in nineteen sixty seven
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With Grissom, White, and Chaffee on a rocket ride to heaven
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A dead-end date a board AS- 204
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It was American made
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Only the best for our boys
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And we were rockin' at the T- Dance
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I had another date with a homecoming queen
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I took her to the prom in Apollo Thir-teen
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We orbit the moon
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We couldn't get home
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Little Queenie's mom was pissed 'cause her baby didn't phone
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And we were rockin' at the T- Dance
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Rockin' at the T- Dance
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Well can I get this fixed today (it's not my job)
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But I need it so bad (it's not my job)
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Well triple-time is what I'll pay (it's not my job)
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Need you so bad
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Well Take a trip with me to Kansas City MO
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To the Hyatt House, to the big dance floor
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You can still see the ghosts
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But you can't see the sense
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Why they let the monkey go
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And blamed the monkey wrench
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And we were rockin' at the T- Dance
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Well Take a trip with me in nineteen sixty seven
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With Grissom, White, and Chaffee on a rocket ride to heaven
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A dead-end date a board AS- 204
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It was American made
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Only the best for our boys
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And we were rockin' at the T- Dance
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Rockin' at the T- Dance
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I had another date with a homecoming queen
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I took her to the prom in Apollo Thir-teen
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We orbit the moon
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We couldn't get home
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Little Queenie's mom was pissed 'cause her baby didn't phone
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And we were rockin' at the T- Dance
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Rockin' at the T- Dance
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Well can I get this fixed today (it's not my job)
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But I need it so bad (it's not my job)
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Well triple-time is what I'll pay (it's not my job)
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But I need it so bad
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Need you so bad
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Well Take a trip with me to Kansas City MO
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To the Hyatt House, to the big dance floor
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You can still see the ghosts
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But you can't see the sense
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Why they let the monkey go
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And blamed the monkey wrench
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And we were rockin' at the T- Dance
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Rockin' at the T- Dance
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