Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died lyrics

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Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago

Back in the USA

back in the bad old days.

In the heat of a summer night

In the land of the dollar bill.

When the town of Chicago died

And they talk about it still

When a man named Al Capone

Tried to make that town his own.

And he called his gang to war

With the forces of the law.

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died.

Brother

what a night it really was

Brother

what a fight it really was.

Glory be.

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died.

Brother

what a night the people saw

Brother

what a fight the people saw.

Yes

indeed

And the sound of the battle rang

Trough the streets of the old east side.

Till the last of the hoodlum gang

Had surrendered up or died.

There was shouting in the street

And the sound of running feet.

And I asked someone who said:

'Bout a hundred cops are dead

.

I heard my Mama cry

. . .

Then there was no sound at all

But the clock upon the wall

Then the door burst open wide

And my Daddy stepped inside

And he kissed my Mama's face

And he brushed her tears away

The night Chicago died.

The night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a fight the people saw

Yes indeed.

The night Chicago died

The night Chicago died

Brother

what a night it really was

Brother

what a fight it really was

Glory be.