Night Chicago Died Lyrics

Night Chicago Died lyrics

My 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 ther
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-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-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 

Na-na 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!