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Warren Harding Lyrics
'm leaving my home in Europe behind
Heading out for a new state of mind
New York town is calling to me
Dollar an hour from the company
Warren Gameliel Harding
Alone in the White House, watching the sun
Come up on the morning of 1921
I just want someone to talk to
To talk to
To talk to
I've got no shoes upon my feet
I've been all day with nothing to eat
It sure gets hard down here in the street
But I know where I'm going to be
Warren Gameliel Harding
Playing cards in a smoke-filled room
Winning and losing, filling the time
I just want someone to talk to
To talk to
To talk to
Don't go down to the docks tonight
The cops are nosing around for the site
We moved the booze just before daylight
They won't find it now, it'll be alright
Warren Gameliel Harding
In Alaska running out of days
Leaving the ladies, God moves in strange ways
I just want someone to talk to
To talk to
To talk to
Don't leave me here on such a lonely day...
Don't leave me here on such a lonely day...
Heading out for a new state of mind
New York town is calling to me
Dollar an hour from the company
Alone in the White House, watching the sun
Come up on the morning of 1921
I just want someone to talk to
To talk to
To talk to
I've been all day with nothing to eat
It sure gets hard down here in the street
But I know where I'm going to be
Playing cards in a smoke-filled room
Winning and losing, filling the time
I just want someone to talk to
To talk to
To talk to
The cops are nosing around for the site
We moved the booze just before daylight
They won't find it now, it'll be alright
In Alaska running out of days
Leaving the ladies, God moves in strange ways
I just want someone to talk to
To talk to
To talk to
Don't leave me here on such a lonely day...
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This song is from two different point of views. The first is from the POV of a poor immigrant who came to New York in the early 1920s and became a bootlegger during prohibition. The second is from the POV of Warren G. Harding who was president of the United States between 1921 to 1923. The story contrasts the rise of the poor immigrant with the decline and death of Warren G. Harding who died of complications from pneumonia shortly after his visit to Alaska.