Dubuque Blues

Do you remember Dubuque? Have you even heard of that? Half way between New York and California There is a highway in and back Plus an active railroad track And the west side of the city Sells no liquor Now I can recall the instances That hung it in my thoughts City parks, and night time girls With ancient limestone rocks Writing songs of rights and wrongs And buyin' penny loafer shoes Oh, definitely, most certainly, I've got The Dubuque blues Do you remember Anna Sue? Have you even heard of that? She went from Tennessee To Minnesota When she was thirteen and I was ten And like a gentle Southern wind Well she made the moonlight shatter Through the maples Now I can recall the summers That we spent among the trees When there were no Monday bummers To blow my life of ease Writing songs of rights and wrongs And buyin' penny loafer shoes Oh, definitely, most certainly, I've got The Dubuque blues Now the Dubuque blues ain't news To anybody Who knows sadness is the sweetest Of the pain Who can tell by just a glance That it's all over And who never cries Well almost never cries Do you remember nickel Cokes? Have you even heard of that? (I've heard of that) It's half between the forties and tomorrow Well I once considered it my home But now I know I'll always roam And if I pass through there again I will be lucky Now I can recall the instances That hung it in my thoughts City parks, oh the night time girls With ancient limestone rocks Writing songs of rights and wrongs And buyin' penny loafer shoes Oh, definitely, most certainly, I've got The Dubuque blues Ohhhh... I got the Dubuque blues ev'ry night and day I got the Dubuque blues I know it's back to Iowaaayy