Chicago's Only Friend

“It never rains in Houston

“On the day you move away.”

It was what my Daddy told me

Standin’ in the old driveway

And Mama said, “You call me.”

As I headed down the road

Couple miles outside of Kerrville

Heard a voice I’d never known

Oklahoma, are you home

Arizona, are you dry

‘Cause Cincinnati

Is Chicago’s only friend

On my way to California in the end

A dream of Ensenada

Where my boots had never gone

Monterrey, now North Dakota

And my brother in Jackson

But all the kids got married

Moved away to raise ‘em up

It was something in the silence

That a woman never loved

Oklahoma, are you home

Arizona, are you dry

‘Cause Cincinnati

Is Chicago’s only friend

On my way to California in the end

And what I’d give for one more try

To look into my mother’s eyes

And on the nights I feel afraid

Old lightning on the wings of rain

Oklahoma, are you home

‘Cause Arizona bled me dry

But give me San Antone

In fields of yellow rose

On my way to California in the snow

Oklahoma, am I home

Arizona, was I right

But Cincinnati

And Chicago took me in

On my way to California in the end

On the way

My way is coming home again