Song Lyrics Handsome Family - The Giant of Illinois    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Handsome Family Singer Lyrics [Handsome Family other resources]>> The Giant of Illinois Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Handsome Family Music Title/Track: The Giant of Illinois Theme ID: 3462 Album: N/A 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 Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Last Time, Legions of Fate, Like A Wind In The Sky, Living In Trouble - Part I, Living In Trouble - Part II, Living In Trouble-Part I, Living In Trouble-Part II, No Command, Savior, Speed Limit 55, The Massacre Trilogy, Voices, Follow Me (to Murder), Holla Back (Holla Boston), Niggas Know, Rap Star (All I Ever Wanted), All That You Wanted, An Apology, Carry Me, Closemouthed Concern, Commitment Unbreakable, Decision Making, Dont let the sun go down on you, Dont Forget About Today, Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger, Double Standard, Facing Changes, Friendly Advice, Helpless On My Own, Home Sick, I Aspire, Im Only Human, Making History, No Name Yet, Real Life Illustration, Second Guess, Something More, Surrender, Survey Of Self, Taken For Granted, Where Did The Time Go, With Hands Tied, With Hands Tied (Behind My Back), Worthless, Wrong Is Wrong, Airmata Di Kuala Lumpur, Barang Yang Lepas Jangan Di Kenang, Biarlah Aku Pergi, Cintailah Aku Sepenuh Jiwa, Cintailah Aku Sepenuh Jiwa(nor Delyliana-Usm), Other Handsome Family song Lyrics Bury Me Here Lyrics Cathedrals Lyrics Down in the Ground Lyrics Down in the Valley of Hollow Logs Lyrics I Fell Lyrics Last Night I Went out Walking Lyrics My Ghost Lyrics My Sisters Tiny Hands Lyrics Stalled Lyrics The Woman Downstairs Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Handsome JET Lyrics Handsome Jet UK Lyrics Hangar Lyrics Hangmen 3 Lyrics Hangnail Lyrics Hanim Liza Lyrics Hanin Elias Lyrics Hank Lyrics Hank Ballard Lyrics Hank Cochran Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy