The Night Chicago Died

Song The Night Chicago Died
Artist Paper Lace
Album Sounds of The Seventies - AM Top Twenty

Lyrics

[00:12.500]
[00:27.590] In the heat of a summer night
[00:32.560] In the land of the dollar bill
[00:36.700] When the town of Chicago died
[00:41.190] And they talk about it still
[00:43.470] When a man named Al Capone
[00:45.690] Tried to make that town his own
[00:47.850] And he called his gang to war
[00:50.100] With the forces of the law
[00:52.040] I heard my mama cry
[00:55.190] I heard her pray the night Chicago died
[01:01.570] Brother what a night it really was
[01:03.770] Brother what a fight it really was
[01:05.870] Glory be
[01:08.270] I heard my mama cry
[01:11.790] I heard her pray the night Chicago died
[01:18.110] Brother what a night the people saw
[01:20.320] Brother what a fight the people saw
[01:22.400] Yes indeed
[01:24.430]
[01:25.960] And the sound of the battle rang
[01:30.120] Through the streets of the old east side
[01:34.730] 'Til the last of the hoodlum gang
[01:39.130] Had surrendered up or died
[01:41.320] There was shouting in the street
[01:43.620] And the sound of running feet
[01:45.830] And I asked someone who said
[01:48.100] Bout a hundred cops are dead
[01:49.830] I heard my mama cry
[01:53.070] I heard her pray the night Chicago died
[01:59.440] Brother what a night it really was
[02:01.660] Brother what a fight it really was
[02:03.860] Glory be!
[02:06.640] I heard my mama cry
[02:09.660] I heard her pray the night Chicago died
[02:16.010] Brother what a night the people saw
[02:18.210] Brother what a fight the people saw
[02:20.340] Yes indeed
[02:22.540]
[02:23.890] And ther was no sound at all
[02:28.020] But the clock upon the wall
[02:32.820] Then the door burst open wide
[02:34.830] And my daddy stepped inside
[02:37.060] And he kissed my mama's face
[02:39.200] And he brushed her tears away
[02:40.990] The night Chicago died
[02:44.210] La la la la......
[02:47.940] The night Chicago died
[02:50.740] Brother what a night the people saw
[02:52.780] Brother what a fight the people saw
[02:54.980] Yes indeed
[02:57.580] The night Chicago died
[03:00.860] La la la la......
[03:04.420] The night Chicago died
[03:07.460] Brother what a night it really was
[03:09.450] Brother what a fight it really was
[03:11.560] Glory be
[03:14.490] The night Chicago died
[03:17.270] La la la la......
[03:20.260] The night Chicago died
[03:23.860] Brother what a night the people saw
[03:25.990] Brother what a fight the people saw