[ti:Chief] [ar:Patty Griffin] [al:Children Running Through] [offset:500] [03:03.91][02:34.58][01:38.73][00:00.00]Patty Griffin - Chief [03:05.91][00:06.00] [00:20.03]Chief had been out of the army [00:22.20]For 15 years or more [00:24.66]He was still marching up and down that street [00:27.53]Just like he was a-walking a war [00:29.61]They called him the chief because he was Indian [00:31.66]It was a name they said behind his back [00:34.30]In the summer he'd march without any shoes [00:36.86]Until the soles of his feet turned black [00:39.34]'til the soles of his feet turned black [00:42.08]His hands wouldn't work the machinery [00:44.23]Cause his brain told him what to say [00:48.55]It's a hell of a life But its somebody's life [00:51.02]Up and down the street all day [01:04.00]Honey, I've been put through the paces [01:06.42]Like a dog running on a track [01:08.66]The wheels keep on going as fast as you get there [01:11.37]You don't ever get to go back [01:13.55]I don't really know what I'm doing [01:16.13]Just watching myself in some play [01:18.49]And the actress looks like she wants to go home [01:21.20]And lie in bed all day [01:23.72]Yeah lie in a big bed all day [01:26.96]Her hands wouldn't work the machinery [01:28.67]Cause his brain tells him what to say [01:32.96]It's a hell of a life But its somebody's life [01:35.82]Up and down the street all day [01:59.21]Well I wish that you could see me when I'm flying in my dreams [02:05.27]The way I laugh there way up high [02:08.22]The way I look when I fly [02:11.33]The way I live [02:17.89]The way I fly [02:49.15]Chief got out of the army [02:51.42]Jesus went to live with the poor [02:53.82]I'm still marching up and down that street [02:55.95]I don't know what I'm doing that for [02:58.68]I don't know what I'm doing that for [03:01.05]I don't know what I'm doing that for