Sidewalks Of Chicago Lyrics

The Levis that I'm wearin' have been good to me
They just won't admit they're growin' 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 walkin' on the sidewalks of Chicago
If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine
Now I'm walkin' on the sidewalks of Chicago
Wishin' 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 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 doesn't know that 109 West Charlotte
Is the address of the West Side Mission Home

Now I'm walkin' on the sidewalks of Chicago
If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine
Now I'm walkin' on the sidewalks of Chicago
Wishin' I had lived some other time

Merle Haggard - Hag/Someday We'll Look Back

Feb 2006

1. Soldier's Last Letter
2. Shelly's Winter Love
3. Jesus, Take A Hold
4. I Can't Be Myself
5. I'm A Good Loser
6. Sidewalks Of Chicago
7. If You've Got The Time
8. I've Done It All
9. I Ain't Got Nobody (Previously Unreleased - bonus track)
10. I'll Be A Hero When I Strike (bonus track)
11. Train Of Life
12. One Sweet Hello
13. One Row At A Time
14. Big Time Annie's Square
15. I'd Rather Be Gone
16. The Only Trouble With Me
17. Spanish Two Step (Previously Unreleased - bonus track)
18. Worried, Unhappy, Lonesome, & Sorry (bonus track)
19. No Reason To Quit (2006 Digital Remaster)
20. The Farmer's Daughter (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 05)
21. Trouble In Mind (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 05)
22. Someday We'll Look Back (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 05)
23. California Cottonfields (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 05)
24. Carolyn (2006 Digital Remaster)
25. Tulare Dust (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 05)
26. Huntsville (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 05)