Chicago Xi

Lying here as the morning light shines in
Can't believe the reflections from within
To look at your face takes me to a place
That reminds me of the lovely lady i once loved

Walkin' through the fog on a cold and cloudy night
Lookin' through the smog that surrounds the mornin' light
The shades of brown. it gets me down, exactly like my life
I don't deserve the hand i'm dealt, a flush in spades of strife

I've grown tired of speeches that are nothing but a bore
So i'm rounding up the broken me and headin' on out the door
Without no lag i'm packin' my bag of discontented frowns
And hopping numer eighty-six, the first train that is freedom bound

Got my bag of many frowns and i'm takin' it on uptown

Big city lights
Funkier nights
Happier days
Goin' my way
It should be right
But i'm still uptight
Hey, i better put down
And get movin' on

I'm through with aggravation
Don't deserve the degradation
I'm putting all the negatives down
To hop the train that's feedom bound for uptown

Got my bag of many frowns and i'm takin' it on uptown

Vote for me, vote for me
I want the nomination for the presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If i am elected, this is how it will be

I'll cut your tax in half
I'll make the russians laugh
I'll feed the hungry people everywhere

I'll bring the railroads back
New trains and new track
From waikiki to old deleware

Vote for me, vote for me
I want the nomination for the presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If i am elected, this is how it will be

I'll give detroit one year
New cars that run on beer
Or anything except gasoline

I'm looking to the sun
More power for everyone
And the cleanest sky that you've ever seen

I'm not going to kid you, there's a lot to do
Little can i promise, it's really up to you
But if we all work together
And i think we can
And if you want some new ideas
Then i'm your man

Vote for me, vote for me
I want the nomination for the presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If i am elected, this is how it will be

I'll work for global peace
And the sweet release
Of the love and human kindness in us all

I would give all i've got
You just give me a shot
Somehow, i know that i can win the fall

Take me back to chicago
Lay my soul to rest
Where my life was free and easy
Remember me at my best

Take me back to chicago
Where music was all i had
I tried to be good as i could
And sometimes that made me sad

Take me back to chicago, to chicago
Why don't you take me back
Take me back, take me back
To chicago

I still dream of the lake of peacefulness
The warm summer breeze
'cause my life was so much simpler then
Street corners and tastee freeze

Take me back to chicago
'cause hustlin's not my style
L.a. was just a bit too hard
I wish i could be a child

Livin' back in chicago, in chicago
Why don't you take me back
Take me back, take me back
To chicago

Take me back to chicago
Lay my soul to rest
Where my life was free and easy
Remember me at my best

Take me back to chicago
'cause hustlin's not my style
L.a. was just a bit too hard
I wish i could be a child
Livin' back in chicago, in chicago
Why don't you take me back
Take me back, take me back
To chicago

Take me back, take me back....

I've got a smile
That i put on
When i'm not at home
When i'm not alone

But it is so hard
To make that smile
'cause i know i'll be at home
And alone in a while
And if i look in a mirror
I see my eyes start to tear
I can't help but cry
Since you said goodbye

I've got to hide
Whhat i'm feelin' inside
Can't let them see
How you're hurtin' me

So i guess that's what i'll do
Won't let them see through
Won't let them know
That you could hurt me so

I've got a laugh
That i put on
When i'm not at home
When i'm not alone

But it is so hard
To fake that laugh
When my insides are cryin'
And my heart's torn in half
And all the music i hear
And things i valued so dear
Make me feel so blue
They all remind me of you

(now) what can i do
(now) that our love is through
And my purpose is gone
Still i got to live on
I guess that's what i'll do
I won't let them see through
I won't let them know
That you could hurt me so

Right before my very eyes
I thought that you were only fakin' it
And like before my heart was takin' it

Baby what a big surprise
Right before my very eyes

Yesterday it seemed to me
My life was nothing more than wasted time
But here today you've softly changed my mind

Baby what a big surprise
Right before my very eyes

Just to be alone
Was a little more than i could take
Then you came to stay
Hold me in the morning
Love me in the afternoon
Help me find my way
Now and then just like before
I think about the love i've thrown away
But now it doesn't matter anyway

Baby, what a big surprise