Lyrics

Illinois Boy

Two cigarettes out of Memphis
Four hours from my home
I though about when I first heard the King
I couldn?t have been more than 5 or 6 years old
My brothers had them a party
Basement of my Daddy?s home
Girls dancin barefoot on the concrete floor
Man I can?t wait to get home

Yeah I?m an Illinois Boy
Proud to be
I ain?t makin no apologies
Yes I?m an Illinois Boy
And everywhere I go
Illinois? my home

Now I was born on the Southside
A couple of blocks form the tracks
Some sure say it was the wrong side Lord
But you know their just fools talkin trash
I lived back on the East coast
And way out in LA
But bein neighbors to ole St Lou
Lord it just makes me proud to say

That I?m an Illinois Boy
Proud to be
I ain?t makin no apologies
Yes I?m an Illinois Boy
And everywhere I go

Illinois Central cutting through these plaines
Countin boxcars waitin on trains
Wipers broke, God I hope it don?t rain
From the windy city down to Waterloo
Little Egypt to East St. Lou
Thinin bout the muddy water runnin through my vains

Now the lights of Memphis have all but disappeared
Just a flicker in my rear view mirror
My eye?s are heavy but I won?t sleep tonight
Until I?m in the state my state of mind is in tonight


Cause I?m an Illinois Boy
Proud to be
I ain?t makin no apologies
Yes I?m an Illinois Boy
And everywhere I go
Illinois my home