You always said I wouldn't stay I guess you saw the way Before it all began I've always been a changin' train And when you think on this You might forgive me then Thanks for Chicago Mr James And all the shiny suits And all the shining names The things a country boy can't grace Without the look of shame Upon a city face And you needed more Than the smile I wore You picked me up on my way down The dusty one horse town I won't forget the jail The mayor's wife and Cadillac The sheriff on my back 'Til you put up the bail Thanks for Chicago Mr James You got a lot of grace But you're an empty place The dawn falls hard upon my face I'll move as I began Thru' fields without a plan Thanks for Chicago Mr James That world of grey and gold That watched you growing old The things I never saw I see To think that I'm still free And I'm not feeling cold
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You always said I wouldn't stay I guess you saw the way Before it all began I've always been a changin' train And when you think on this You might forgive me then Thanks for Chicago Mr James And all the shiny suits And all the shining names The things a country boy can't grace Without the look of shame Upon a city face And you needed more Than the smile I wore You picked me up on my way down The dusty one horse town I won't forget the jail The mayor's wife and Cadillac The sheriff on my back 'Til you put up the bail Thanks for Chicago Mr James You got a lot of grace But you're an empty place The dawn falls hard upon my face I'll move as I began Thru' fields without a plan Thanks for Chicago Mr James That world of grey and gold That watched you growing old The things I never saw I see To think that I'm still free And I'm not feeling cold
Wasn't it a good year Wasn't filled with talking It still moves through my heart From time to time City after city Granite gray as morning Heroes died...
Wasn't it a good year Wasn't filled with talking It still moves through my heart From time to time City after city Granite gray as morning Heroes die...
When all the world is new And fresh And green And fair Then I'll come home And I'll carry in my heart Just one prayer That I'll find room Still waitin...
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Mist falls and his voice cracks from the morning Flowers and my body feels like lead Hammers from striking nails into clay Her face penetrates the ...
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She stands all alone You can hear her hum softly From her fire escape in the sky She fills the bags 'neath her eyes With the moonbeams And cries 'caus...
Mist falls and his voice cracks from the morning Flowers and my body feels like lead Hammers from striking nails into clay Her face penetrates the ...