[Verse 1:]
Chicago gets along so well without me
Though I'd go to Indiana for a while
The wind comes off the lakes so cold it freezes Chicago
Didn't try to make me smile
She told me that she was a Spanish gypsy
A black band round her neck to prove her race
She said she'd like to do some drinking with me
But the dishes were all dirty at her place

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I'd like to know and understand your people
But I can't meet 'em all you understand
All I really know about Chicago is
That I learned from Windy City Anne

[Verse 2:]
I guess she taught me some about Chicago
There were lines of discontent there in her face
For what she helped me know about Chicago
I helped her do the dishes at her place
The sounds of old Chicago through the windows
I gathered up my thoughts to meet the day
I stayed and helped her dirty up the dishes
Rememberin' I found them all that way
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[Verse 3:]
The bus pulled out to Fort Wayne Indiana
Chicago slowly faded out of sight
I suppose the people are just people
It was just another Windy City night

[Chorus]

[Outro:]
Now I learned a lot from Windy City Anne