Artist: Merle Haggard Album: Hag-The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 (2007) Title: Sidewalks Of Chicago
Lyrics Sidewalks Of Chicago(Dave Kirby)
Mhm these Levi's that I'm wearin' have been good to me They just won't admit they're growing old And though my shirt's made contact with a gutter now and then At least it keeps my body from the cold.
Thank God folks back home in Harlan County Can't see what success has done for me Would you believe that kids in Harlan High School Voted me most likely to succsseed.
Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago Wishing I had lived some other time.
I wasn't here too long before I met her And the lady she really swept me off my feet And she stayed just long enough to make me to love her And now they're sweepin' me up off the street.
My mama thinks I've really hit the big time She's written every day since I've been gone But she don't know that 109 East Charlotte Is the address of the East Side Mission Home.
Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago Wishing I had lived some other time... |