Sidewalks Of Chicago Lyrics - Hag - Merle Haggard

The Levis that I'm wearin' have beeen 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 ever day since I've been gone 

But she doesn't know that 109 West Charoltte 

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