Chicago gets along so well without me thought I'd go to Indiana for a while
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The wind comes off the lakes so cold it freezes Chicago didn't try to make me smile
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She told me that she was a Spanish gypsy
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A black band round her neck to prove her race
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She said she'd like to do some drinking with me
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But the dishes were all dirty at her place
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I'd like to know and understand your people but I can't meet 'em all you understand
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All I really know about Chicago is what I learned from Windy City Anne
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I guess she taught me some about Chicago
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There were lines of discontent there in her face
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For what she helped me know about Chicago I helped her do the dishes at her place
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The sounds of old Chicago through the windows
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I gathered up my thoughts to meet the day
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I stayed and helped her dirty up the dishes rememberin' I found them all that way
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I'd like to know and understand...
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[ piano ]
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The bus pulled out to Fort Wayne Indiana Chicago slowly faded out of sight
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I suppose the people are just people it was just another Windy City night
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I'd like to know and understand...
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Now I learned a lot from Windy City Ann
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Windy City Anne
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| Tom T. Hall |
