Windy City Anne

(Tom T. Hall)



Chicago gets along so well without me

Though I'd go to Indiana for a while

The wind comes off the lakes so cold it freezes

Chicago didn't try to make me smile.



She told me that she was a Spanish gypsy

A black band round her neck to prove her race

She said she'd like to do some drinking with me

But the dishes were all dirty at her place.



I'd like to know and understand your people

But I can't meet 'em all you understand

All I really know about Chicago

Is what I learned from Windy City Anne.



--- Instrumental ---



I guess she taught me some about Chicago

There were lines of discontent there in her face

For what she helped me know about Chicago

I helped her do the dishes at her place.



The sounds of old Chicago through the windows

I gathered up my thoughts to meet the day

I stayed and helped her dirty up the dishes

Rememberin' I found them all that way.



I'd like to know and understand your people

But I can't meet 'em all you understand

All I really know about Chicago

Is what I learned from Windy City Anne.



--- Instrumental ---



The bus pulled out to Fort Wayne Indiana

Chicago slowly faded out of sight

I suppose the people are just people

It was just another Windy City night.



I'd like to know and understand your people

But I can't meet 'em all you understand

All I really know about Chicago

Is what I learned from Windy City Anne.



Now I learned a lot from Windy City Ann...