It's a song about a panhandler in Chicago. (New version recorded and uploaded on 4/21/2011)
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Story behind the song
It's about a panhandler on the streets of Chicago. It's a true story. I know this guy, he doesn't live on the corner anymore but he was there. It ages you fast.
Lyrics
(D)My name is Larry,(G) this is my corner
(D)Downtown Chicago, by the(A) Congress Hotel
(D) Last night I slept on this (G) window ledge
(D) I’ve spent too many nights in a (A) Cook County (D) Cell
Excuse me sir, can you spare a quarter?
God bless you, have a nice day.
Some people yell I should get a job
I fought for this corner, it’s my job today
(chorus)
(G) We are not worthy, (D) outcaste and unclean
(A) Say the word and our souls will be (D) healed
(G)We’re in our darkness, (D) cold, drunk and crazy.
(A) And You are the light of the (D) world.
Reading at two, I was an A student
Father Joe’s main acolyte
At 12 I could say the whole mass in Latin
I’m begging for change tonight
Jesus was out walking this evening
Going in the Congress front door
I saw him looking down at me
From a window on the thirteenth floor
chorus
Now I lay me down to sleep
Booze in all my cells
If I die before I wake
There’ll be one more drunk in Hell
(chorus)
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