The Sidewalks Of Chicago (2005 Remaster)

The Sidewalks Of Chicago (2005 Remaster) - Merle Haggard/The Strangers

The Levis that I'm wearing have been good to me

They just won't admit they're growing old

Though my shirt's made contact

With the gutter now and then

At least it keeps my body from the cold

Thank God folks back home in Harland County

Can't see what success has done to me

Would you believe the kids in Harland High School

Voted me most likely to succeed

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 then later she really swept me off my feet

And she stayed just long

Enough to make me love her

And now they're sweeping 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 doesn't know that 109 West Charlotte

Is the address of the West 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