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 succeed      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 have 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 that 109 East Charlotte   Is the address of the East Side Mission Home      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 have lived some other time