Kansas are mainly known for Carry On Wayward Son and Dust in the Wind but these guys were much more than just a two hit wonder radio band. They were a very good prog rock band.

The song lonely Street had some controversy surrounding its lyrics( racist overtones). The consensus is that the singer says 'Black Man" instead of "Bad Man" when he sings....

"I see my baby stumblin' around with tears in her eyes
And as I reach out for her she falls on the floor
She mumbles through bloody lips about a bad man, robber, raper,"

"That the bad man was a dead man if he crossed my trail
Every night I'd walk up and down this Lonely Street
I get stinkin' drunk, and always in jail,"....

Supposedly the original lyric sheet to Lonely Street says "Bad Man" and not "Black Man" and in doing research into them, i can't find anything that points to racism so ill give them the benefit of the the doubt.

Lonely Street

Mysteries And Mayhem

[Edited 8/26/12 17:50pm]