Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Night Chicago Died, artist - Paper Lace.
Date of issue: 07.01.2007
Song language: English
The Night Chicago Died |
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 |
'Til 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! |
And 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 |
(Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na) |
The night Chicago died |
Brother what a night the people saw |
Brother what a fight the people saw |
Yes indeed! |
The night Chicago died |
(Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na) |
The night Chicago died |
Brother what a night it really was |
Brother what a fight it really was |
Glory be! |
(The night Chicago died) |