Story Behind The Song
I left Chicago to find my fortune in Hollywood as a musician, but about 4 months after I arrived, my ex and her new boyfriend decided they were going to run off and raise my son with me out of the picture. My heart broke. I was so alone and broken and went into a depression that lasted years. ...Jesus, my life is a friggin sob story.
Song Description
Medium jazzy groove with smooth melody and nice chorus. About a homesick young man trying to make it in L.A. alone. Again with the contemplative and poignant (?).
| Song Length |
4:14 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Jazz - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Poignant |
Subject |
Loneliness, Sorrow |
| Similar Artists |
Dire Straits, The Dave Matthews Band |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I'd give all of my money and everything I have
To turn the clouds into sun and keep the good from the bad
Everyone I love, everything that's true
That's all that I want, and all I want to do
Oh Chicago
When I think about things I cannot see
Away from you my heart breaks in me
All of the time, all of the places
All of the love in all of the faces
Oh Chicago
Oh the painful frustration of paving my way
I've got to go on now but it takes me away
All of the phone calls, all of the photographs
All of these bare walls, all of it drives me mad
Oh Chicago