Dubuque Blues lyrics

[Verse 1]
Do you remember Dubuque?
Have you even heard of that?
It's half between New York and California
There is a highway in and back
Plus an active railroad track
And the west side of the city sells no liquor

[Pre-Chorus]
And I can't recall the instances
That keep it in my thoughts
City parks or nighttime girls
Or ancient limestone rocks

[Chorus]
Writing songs of rights and wrongs
And buyin' penny loafer shoes
Oh, definitely, most certainly
I've got the Dubuque blues

[Verse 2]
Do you remember Anna Sue?
Have you even heard of that? (I've heard of that)
She went from Tennessee to Minnesota
She was thirteen and I was ten
As the gentle Southern wind
Would make the moonlight shatter through the maples
[Pre-Chorus]
And I can recall the summers
That we spent among the trees
And there were no Monday bummers
To blow my life of ease

[Chorus]
Writing songs of rights and wrongs
And buyin' penny loafer shoes
Oh, definitely, most certainly
I've got the Dubuque blues

[Bridge]
Now, the Dubuque blues ain't news to anybody
Who knows sadness is the sweetest of the pains (Sadness is the sweetest of the pains)
Who can tell with just a look that it's all over
And who never cried, well almost never cried

[Verse 3]
Do you remember nickel Cokes?
Have you even heard of that?
The half between the 40's and tomorrow
I once considered it my home
Now, I know I'll always roam
And if I pass through there again I will be lucky
[Pre-Chorus]
And I can't recall the instances
They hung it in my thoughts
And I'm sure they're as important
As the feelings that they've brought

[Chorus]
Writing songs of rights and wrongs
And buyin' penny loafer shoes
Whoa-oh-oh, definitely, most certainly
I've got the Dubuque blues

[Outro]
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