[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