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Windy City Blues

This version of Windy City Blues was released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1976.

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I’m sittin’ in Chicago on the thirtieth floor
Lookin’ down on the city below
My heart is cold as the wind through the streets
And outside it’s starting to snow

Weeks ago I left you in sunny Caroline
Sittin’ in our home in the pines
I got a job to do that takes me away from you
But your love still remains on my mind

I’m in love with that girl from that roebuck town
Since I met her she’s made my life so sound
She’s sweet and she’s kind and she’s mine all mine
She’s the best thing that I’ll ever find

The city lights have gone
And the night has brought a storm
And soon I’ll be headin’ home to you
I can taste your wine
Though it’s been a long, long time
No more will I have the Chicago blues

I’m in love with that girl from that roebuck town
Since I met her she’s made my life so sound
She’s sweet and she’s kind and she’s mine all mine
She’s the best thing that I’ll ever find

Look, look around there’s snow on the ground
What a cold hard life that I’ve known
But my love still glows like the city below
Because of all the love she’s shown

I’m on a southbound train
Takin’ me away from this snow
Takin’ me where I really want to go
Out of these chilly winds and havin’ no friends
I need the warmth of your sweet lovin’ soul

I’m in love with that girl from that roebuck town
Since I met her she’s made my life so sound
She’s sweet and she’s kind and she’s mine all mine
She’s the best thing that I’ll ever find
Got the windy city blues

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About Lyrics and Windy City Blues by The Marshall Tucker Band

The lyrics for Windy City Blues are defined as the words making up the song released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Windy City Blues have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Marshall Tucker Band and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Windy City Blues by The Marshall Tucker Band if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Windy City Blues" means the words set to the music of Windy City Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Marshall Tucker Band. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Windy City Blues and the lyrics to Windy City Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Marshall Tucker Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Windy City Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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