Paper Lace-The Night Chicago Died

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
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed

The night Chicago died
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was
Glory be

The night Chicago died
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed

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[lmbabygirl1037]

Respond to this video... Songs back in the day told a story. This was real music. Thanks for posting it. ;)

[23Lupiz]

Sounds better in spanish!

[TheAZMAN83]

WHAT DA HELL GUY??.IF YOUR FROM CHICA IS OK TO TALK ABOUT CAPONE AND THE GANG ,IF NO SHUT UP YOU LITTLE DIRTY RAT , OR YOU GET HALL IN HEAD!!!!.HEH! HEH! HEH! PANG! PANG!

[RogueMarch]

@OmqitzJenny faith in humanity: restored.

[SteveCarras]

The intro reminds me of Cher's Half Breed, the #1 song about a year before that. :)LOL

[mpbtfragoso]

@zervver Chicagoan's will bombard your comment. And I'm the first. Aside from the weather, Chicago is a beautiful city. It's clean, orderly and it's overall architectural attraction is fabulous. It's historic,it's hip,it's conservative, it's modern and as diverse a city as you can find. In general it's people are friendly and not snobby like in other major world cities. Take a nice grand tour of Chicago, and it will change your opinion of Chicago being a ghetto.

[zervver]

Overall, Chicago is a ghetto.

[clvlndmike]

Just accidentally found a version of this song in Japanese. Interesting.

[OmqitzJenny]

im only 11 but my dads been buggin me to put on this song and i actually like it its pretty catchy i say thumbs up

[thornie123]

its a cheesy song but i will say, kinda catchy haha

[white1sox1]

Capone's territory was the west side..there really is no east side of Chicago until you get farther south and Lake Michigan starts to bend