[Verse 1: John Leventhal & Rosanne Cash]
That's all I know about who won the war
Just when she left and how far she walked
She took her dress and the shoes she wore
That's all I know about Arkansas

[Verse 2: John Leventhal & Rosanne Cash]
She's headed to another life
God only knows where she will land
The frozen north with all its strife
The muddy south she plowed by hand

[Verse 3: Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal & Rosanne Cash]
No one told her she could sing
They turned their backs and she was gone
But a ghost light shines on rusty strings
That's all I know about Arkansas
That's all I know