Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago
Back in the USA
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
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I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was
Glory be!
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