Merle Haggard - Sidewalks Of Chicago lyrics

rate me

(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...