The Night Chicago Died

[00:18.22] Daddy was a cop
[00:20.78] On the east side of Chicago
[00:23.36] Back in the USA
[00:25.45] Back in the bad old days
[00:28.17] In the heat of a summer night
[00:33.01] In the land of the dollar bill
[00:37.17] When the town of Chicago died
[00:41.78] And they talk about it still
[00:44.26] When a man named Al Capone
[00:46.45] Tried to make that town his own
[00:48.73] And he called his gang to war
[00:50.94] With the forces of the law
[00:52.91] I heard my momma cry
[00:56.09] I heard her pray the night Chicago died
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[01:02.05] Brother, what a night it really was
[01:04.49] Brother, what a fight it really was
[01:06.83] Glory be
[01:09.58] I heard my momma cry
[01:12.72] I heard her pray the night Chicago died
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[01:18.87] Brother, what a night the people saw
[01:21.25] Brother, what a fight the people saw
[01:23.36] Yes, indeed
[01:26.53] And the sound of the battle rang
[01:31.05] Through the streets of the old east side
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[01:36.44] 'Til the last of the hoodlum gang
[01:39.92] Had surrendered up or died
[01:42.14] There was shouting in the street
[01:44.50] And the sound of running feet
[01:46.80] And I asked someone who said
[01:49.11] 'Bout a hundred cops are dead
[01:51.02] I heard my momma cry
[01:54.23] I heard her pray the night Chicago died
[02:00.30] Brother, what a night it really was
[02:02.58] Brother, what a fight it really was
[02:04.68] Glory be
[02:07.06] I heard my momma cry
[02:11.20] I heard her pray the night Chicago died
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[02:17.04] Brother, what a night the people saw
[02:19.35] Brother, what a fight the people saw
[02:21.76] Yes, indeed
[02:24.59] Then, there was no sound at all
[02:28.88] But the clock up on the wall
[02:34.11] Then, the door burst open wide
[02:36.10] And my daddy stepped inside
[02:38.56] And he kissed my momma's face
[02:40.74] And brushed her tears away
[02:42.79] The night Chicago died
[02:45.78]
[02:48.90] The night Chicago died
[02:52.03] Brother, what a night the people saw
[02:54.00] Brother, what a fight the people saw
[02:56.16] Yes, indeed
[02:58.99] The night Chicago died
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[03:05.57] The night Chicago died
[03:08.60] Brother, what a night it really was
[03:10.54] Brother, what a fight it really was
[03:13.40] Glory be
[03:15.61] The night Chicago died
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[03:22.40] The night Chicago died
[03:25.22] Brother, what a night the people saw
[03:27.13] Brother, what a fight the people saw
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