Sidewalks of Chicago

(Dave Kirby)



The Levi's that I'm wearin' have been good to me

They just won't admit they're growin' old

Though my shirt's made contract with a gutter

At least it keeps my body from the cold.



Thank God the folks back home in Harlan County

Can't see what success has done to me

Would you believe the kids in Harlan High School

They voted me most likely to successeed.



Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago

If I buy the bread I can't afford my wine

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 really swept me off my feet

She stayed just long enough for me to love her

And now they're pickin' me up off the street.



My mama thinks I've really hit the big time

She's written every day that I've been gone

She don't know that 109 East Charlotte

Is the adress of the West Side Mission Home.



And I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago

If I buy the bread I can't afford my wine

I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago

Wishing I had lived some other time...