The Sidewalks Of Chicago-Merle Haggard

[ti:The Sidewalks Of Chicago] [ar:Merle Haggard] [al:The Very Best Of Merle Haggard] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Sidewalks Of Chicago - Merle Haggard (梅尔·哈格德) [00:07.36]The Levis that I'm wearing have been good to me [00:11.11] [00:13.55]They just won't admit they're growing old [00:16.72] [00:19.08]Though my shirt's made contact [00:21.73]With the gutter now and then [00:23.94] [00:25.60]At least it keeps my body from the cold [00:28.45] [00:30.46]Thank God folks back home in Harland County [00:34.44] [00:36.41]Can't see what success has done to me [00:40.13] [00:42.04]Would you believe the kids in Harland High School [00:46.25] [00:48.08]Voted me most likely to succeed [00:51.97] [00:53.16]Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago [00:57.61] [00:58.97]If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine [01:03.27] [01:04.11]Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago [01:08.49] [01:10.05]Wishin' I had lived some other time [01:13.26] [01:18.09]I wasn't here too long before I met her [01:21.95] [01:23.66]And then later she really swept me off my feet [01:27.08] [01:29.31]And she stayed just long [01:30.81]Enough to make me love her [01:33.01] [01:34.93]And now they're sweeping me up off the street [01:38.85] [01:40.57]My mama thinks I've really hit the big time [01:44.63] [01:46.11]She's written every day since I've been gone [01:50.47] [01:51.83]But she doesn't know that 109 West Charlotte [01:56.13] [01:57.42]Is the address of the West Side Mission Home [02:01.56] [02:02.82]Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago [02:07.60] [02:08.41]If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine [02:12.74] [02:13.89]Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago [02:18.47] [02:19.62]Wishing I had lived some other time