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Chicago is where the woman downstairs
starved herself to death last summer
her boyfriend Ted ate hot dogs and wept
with the gray rats out on the fire escape

in a thrift store chair I drank cases of beer
and dreamed of laying down on the el tracks
the trains roared by under smoke-gray skies
Lake Michigan rose and fell like a bird

and when the wind screamed up Ashland Avenue
the corner bars were full by noon
and the old stewbums sliding down their stools
ate boiled eggs and fed beer to the dogs

the woman downstairs lost all her hair
and wore a beret in the laundryroom
I borrowed her soap and bought her a Coke
but she left it on a dryer

she died in June weighing 82
her boyfriend went back to New York
the cops wandered through her dusty rooms
one of them stole her TV

and when the wind screamed up Ashland Avenue
the corner bars were full by noon
and the old stewbums sliding down their stools
ate boiled eggs and fed beer to the dogs

The Handsome Family - Giant Of Illinois (03:04)
From the CD - Through The Trees The giant of Illinois Died from a blister on his toe After walking
all day through the first winter's snow Throwing bits of stale bread to the last speckled doves He
never even felt his shoe full of blood Delirious with pain, his bedroom walls began to glow And he
felt himself soaring up through falling snow And the sky was a woman's arms The sky was a woman's
arms A boy with a club foot Had sat next to him in school Once upon a summer's day they went ...

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My Sisters Tiny Hands
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Komentarze:

1	Thanks for your comments & you're welcome. I'm glad you found it, I had never heard it either until Jason introduced me to it. Autor: gingermc2
2	Thanks, my prayers have been answered Autor: Massey207
3	Hi, gengermc2, I'm from Brazil and I discoverd this song a few days ago and i loved it. This is a sad song, but very pretty. Thank you guy for posted this video. A big hug!! Autor: yankeesud1

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