The Night Chicago Died-Paper Lace/Joe Frank/Reynolds

[ti:The Night Chicago Died] [ar:Paper Lace] [al:Rewind the 70s - Volume 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace/Joe Frank/Reynolds [00:17.99]Daddy was a cop [00:18.73] [00:19.68]On the East side of Chicago [00:21.38] [00:22.13]Back in the U-S-A [00:23.62] [00:24.22]Back in the bad old days [00:25.98] [00:27.54]In the heat of a summer night [00:30.55] [00:31.76]In the land of the dollar bill [00:33.92] [00:36.06]When the town of Chicago died [00:39.11] [00:40.80]How they talk about it still [00:42.02] [00:42.56]When a man named Al Capone [00:44.19] [00:44.87]Tried to make that town his own [00:46.84]And he called his gang to war [00:49.01]With the forces of the law [00:50.72]I heard my mamma cry [00:53.23] [00:54.22]I heard her pray the night Chicago died [00:58.03] [01:00.50]Brother what a night it really was [01:01.97] [01:02.60]Brother what a fight it really was [01:04.17] [01:04.69]Glory be [01:06.47] [01:07.17]I heard my mamma cry [01:09.58] [01:10.50]I heard her pray the night Chicago died [01:14.44] [01:16.73]Brother what a night the people saw [01:18.89]Brother what a fight the people saw [01:21.06]Yes indeed [01:22.63] [01:24.32]And the sound of the battle rang [01:27.19] [01:28.75]Through the streets of the old East Side [01:31.10] [01:32.98]'Till the last of the hoodlum gang [01:35.85] [01:37.31]Had surrendered up or died [01:39.09] [01:39.63]There was shouting in the streets [01:41.60]And the sound of running feet [01:43.76]And I asked someone who said [01:45.99]Bout a hundred cops are dead [01:47.69]I heard my mamma cry [01:50.14] [01:51.19]I heard her pray the night Chicago died [01:55.13] [01:57.41]Brother what a night it really was [01:59.06] [01:59.68]Brother what a fight it really was [02:01.65]Glory be [02:03.63] [02:04.24]I heard my mamma cry [02:06.69] [02:07.56]I heard her pray the night Chicago died [02:11.54] [02:13.70]Brother what a night the people saw [02:15.87]Brother what a fight the people saw [02:18.11]Yes indeed [02:19.75] [02:21.40]And there was no sound at all [02:24.67] [02:25.83]But the clock up on the wall [02:27.36] [02:30.32]Then the door burst open wide [02:31.70] [02:32.51]And my daddy stepped inside [02:34.07] [02:34.70]And he kissed my mamma's face [02:36.25] [02:36.79]And he brushed her tears away [02:38.28]The night Chicago died [02:41.15] [02:41.79]Na na [02:45.18]The night Chicago died [02:47.43] [02:47.94]Brother what a night it really was [02:50.07]Brother what a fight it really was [02:52.22]Glory be [02:54.77]The night Chicago died [02:57.53] [02:58.14]Na na [03:01.47]The night Chicago died [03:03.81] [03:04.47]Brother what a night the people saw [03:05.96] [03:06.62]Brother what a fight the people saw [03:08.10] [03:08.74]Yes indeed [03:10.59] [03:11.26]The night Chicago died [03:13.20] [03:14.33]Na na [03:17.90]The night Chicago died [03:20.68]Brother what a night it really was [03:22.85]Brother what a fight it really was [03:24.97]Glory be [03:27.68]The night Chicago died [03:30.12] [03:31.00]Na na [03:33.20] [03:34.39]The night Chicago died