DADDY WAS A COP
ON THE EAST SIDE
OF CHICAGO
BACK IN THE U.S.A.
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
THROUGH 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
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
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
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THE NIGHT
CHICAGO DIED
BROTHER WHAT A NIGHT
THE PEOPLE SAW
BROTHER WHAT A FIGHT
THE PEOPLE SAW
YES INDEED
THE NIGHT
CHICAGO DIED
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THE NIGHT
CHICAGO DIED
BROTHER WHAT A NIGHT
IT REALLY WAS
BROTHER WHAT A FIGHT
IT REALLY WAS
GLORY BE
THE NIGHT
CHICAGO DIED
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THE NIGHT
CHICAGO DIED
BROTHER WHAT A NIGHT
THE PEOPLE SAW
BROTHER WHAT A FIGHT
THE PEOPLE SAW
YES INDEED