These Levi's that I'm wearin' have been good to me

They just won't admit they're growin' old

And though my shirt's made contact with a gutter now and then

At least it keeps my body from the cold

Thank God the folks back home in Harlan County

Can't see what success has done for me

Would you believe the kids in Hopewell High School

Voted me most likely to successeed

Now I'm walking on the sidewalks of Chicago

If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine

Walking on the sidewalks of Chicago wishing I'd've lived some other time



I wasn't here too long before I met her the lady really swept me off my feet

She stayed just long enough for me to love her

And now they're sweepin' me up off the street

My mama thinks that I've really hit the big time

Why she's wrote to me every day since I've been gone

But she don't know hat 109 East Charlotte

Is the address of the East Side Mission Home

Now I'm walking on...