I REMEMBER LOVING YOU
(del Puppo/Chumlevich/Phillips/Herdman
I look at these old letters and postcards
From the places where you've been
From the towns you'd find on the railway lines
And the dirty backroom jails that you've been in
And the whispers of the people in the towns
When you'd been here and they knew
Yes, I remember all these things
But mostly I remember loving you
I look at my brown suitcase
And think of all the places that I've been
The railroad yards and the prison guards
All the dumpy little towns along the stem
And the whispering of the people
As they watch every move that I go through
I remember all those things
Mostly I remember loving you
CHORUS:
I remember loving you
Back when the world was new
And I think you loved me too
I remember loving you
Ah, the buckskin smell that I knew so well
When you'd hold me in your arms all in the rain
The night you came from a westbound freight
You were passing through, and you said you couldn't stay
Just an hour we shared, and you said you cared
And you'd come again the next time you were through
Yes, I remember all these things
But mostly I remember loving you
The buckskins smell, so the people tell
As we huddled in the boxcar from the rain
The flashing lights that cut the night
The railroad bulls that pulled us off the train
When the norther blows and the winter's cold
And I'm huddled in the corner 'til I'm blue
I remember all these things
Mostly I remember loving you
CHORUS
When the norther blows and I'm lying cold in my bed
And I can't sleep for thoughts of you
And you're out somewhere in a jungle camp or a boxcar
Where you're freezing 'til you're blue
I'm close by your side, everywhere you ride
And you're with me in everything I do
Yes, I remember all these things
But mostly I remember loving you
The winter streets where the frozen sleet
Come soaking through the cardboard in my shoes
Where the promised land might be a place
Where a man could find free cigarettes and booze
The alleyways full of ragged strays
The doorway wine I tell my troubles to
I remember all these things
Mostly I remember loving you
CHORUS |
I REMEMBER LOVING YOU (DT)
I look at my brown suitcase
And think of all the places that I've been,
Railroad yards and prison guards,
All the dumpy little towns along the stem
And the whispering of the people
As they watch every move that I go through;
I remember all those things,
Mostly I remember loving you.
CHORUS:
I remember loving you,
Back when the world was new,
And I think you loved me too,
I remember loving you,
The buckskin smells so the people tell
As we huddled in the boxcar from the rain;
Flashing lights that cut the night,
The railroad bull that pulled us off the train,
When the winter's cold and the Norther blows
I'm huddled in the corner 'til I'm blue;
I remember all these things,
Mostly I remember loving you.
CHORUS
Winter streets where the frozen sleet
Comes soaking through the cardboard in my shoes,
Where the promised land might be a place
Where a man could find free cigarettes and booze,
And the alleyways full of ragged strays,
The doorway wine I tell my troubles to,
I remember all these things,
Mostly I remember loving you.
CHORUS
Written by Luigi del Puppo and Tino Chumlovich and collected from
del Puppo at Nelson, BC 13 Aug. 1970 by Phil Thomas, PJT Coll
067. Learned by Phillips at Expo '74 in Spokane, WA from
singing of collector and Hilda Thomas. v.3 and lines 3/4 of the
chorus by Phillips: original 3/4 is:
Out of all the girls I knew,
Yes, and I've had quite a few
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Original 1.4 ... towns that I've been in. JB
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