Thanks For Chicago Mr James

You always said I would'nt stay

I guess you saw the way

Before it all began

I've always been a changin' train

And when you think on this

Toy might forgive me then

Thanks for Chicago Mr James

And all the shiny suits

And all the shiny 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 the Cadillac

The sheriff on my back

*Til you put up the ball

Thanks for Chicago Mr James

You got a lot of grace

But you're an empty place

The dawn falls hard on my face

I'll move as I began

Thru' fields without a plan

Thanks for Chicago Mr James

That world of grey and cold

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