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Thieves of Chicago

from Thieves of Chicago by The Great Crusades

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I’ve got so much to say, and so little time to waste.
I wanted to share what I’ve seen and I’ve felt, each sound and every taste.
These things have been with me in my heart for many years.
I don’t have a way to write them down.
As the daylight fades from my window and my face.
I could never just walk away.

As we walk through the alleys, over rain-splattered streets.
They talk about lovers and complain of the heat.
We sing like believers, shuffling our feet.
They can never take these things all away.

As the thieves of Chicago go out for the night.
They can never take these things all away.
The ocean waves traveled so many miles.
Just to hit upon a shore they don’t know.

The sunlight comes through an open window
In a place we’d never been before.
It illuminates your beautiful face.
The wind moves silent through the window drapes.
It touches your skin with a mysterious grace.
I’ll never forget how the air tastes.
As the thieves of Chicago go out for the night.
They won’t steal my soul without a fight.

The regulars sit down at the usual spots in a place they call the World’s End.
I turn to my left; I turn to my right.
I see I’m surrounded by friends.
As the thieves of Chicago, go out for the night.
They can never steal this part of my soul.
We sit there for hours and we sit there for more.
I ask for just one pour.

The ocean waves traveled so many miles.
Just to hit upon a shore they don’t know.

Lyrics © 2014 by Brian Krumm

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from Thieves of Chicago, released October 21, 2014

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“The Great Crusades look at life through a shot-glass lens, mixing anger, muscle and minor-key remorse like a roughneck Tindersticks with the bonus of a singer who’s got the tubercular pipes of Tom Waits and Axl Rose’s love child.” - David Fricke, Rolling Stone ... more

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