El-A-Noy - live 2004/04/19

Original Lyrics

Come you sinners/tread light
Remember from where you came
Let your body, hollow
Forget her singsong name
It doesn’t matter/if you love her
Just don’t leave your shame
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
If you can see me/and hear my voice
Within these lake bound vines
All down the wabash/rushing past
Dead drunk and living time
Your stories/are forgotten
Your tales unkind
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
One day I will leave/someday I will go
I won’t come back, no
To El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
Restless children/in our streets
Let your love run blind
Lay your burdens/at her feet
Seek what you must find
In every answer/that beholds you
With every heart aligned
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
As a jewel/in her crown
Sits chicago town
Shining beacon/of a dream
That brought the stars right down
Let our skies fill/with steel titans
Let the dream be ours
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
One day I will leave/someday I will go
I won’t desire so/of El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
Come you sinners/tread low
Leave your past behind
For her winners/dead night
You can stand inside
Let your body/be hers now
Let your soul unwind
In El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
El-A-Noy, El-A-Noy
El-A-Noy