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Biographer Howard DeWitt believes that the song makes the listener feel as if in a church, because of the "mystical choir", featured at the beginning of the song: "Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City?". "Then an almost jump arrangement makes 'The
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808:Queen of the Slipstream
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559:Call Me Up in Dreamland
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217:The Eternal Kansas City
196:The Eternal Kansas City
1051:Warner Records singles
924:Have I Told You Lately
825:Have I Told You Lately
765:Tore Down a la Rimbaud
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260:A Period of Transition
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950:That's Life
938:Perfect Fit
839:Orangefield
777:Ivory Tower
741:Scandinavia
625:Bein' Green
498:Ro Ro Rosey
473:Discography
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1046:1976 songs
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1009:Hey Mr. DJ
682:Wavelength
566:Wild Night
552:Blue Money
533:Crazy Love
376:References
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271:Personnel
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