To do what this song manages to do in less than two minutes is just remarkable. It might as well tell a whole life story in ten lines. Makes you want to go to Johnsburg, Illinois. Off Swordfishtrombones, one of the first truly great albums I ever bought.
'She's my only true love
she's all that I think of
look here in my wallet
that's her
She grew up on a farm there
there's a place on my arm
where I've written her name
next to mine
you see I just can't
live without her
and I'm her only boy
and she grew up outside McHenry
in Johnsburg, Illinois'
she's all that I think of
look here in my wallet
that's her
She grew up on a farm there
there's a place on my arm
where I've written her name
next to mine
you see I just can't
live without her
and I'm her only boy
and she grew up outside McHenry
in Johnsburg, Illinois'
Waits 1983
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