1871 was the year underneath an October sky
When a windy city man had set out with a plan to set a fire
But nobody knows why
So peg-leg headed out back with a match and a bucket of kerosene
Little did he know that the wind would blow through the streets with anarchy
Peg-leg didn't have an alibi, he didn't have a story to tell
But then he bought his one-way ticket straight to hell
Cause he burned the whole damn city, he watched it all go down
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned that beautiful city
He torched that beautiful city
He torched that beautiful town
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
The flames spread faster by night while they passed through the alleys and the dead-end streets
From suburban doors to the lakefront shore, demolishing everything
Peg-leg never got blamed for the mess, maintaining never broke the law
He bought all every man with a jar of black stains, proving everything's his fault
Peg-leg didn't have an alibi
He didn't have a story to tell
But then he bought his one-way ticket straight to hell
Cause he burned the whole damn city, he watched it all go down
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned that beautiful city, he torched that beautiful town
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Of all the books printed on him, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
The whole world's déjà vu


None raised a flag on one man's legacy
Now everybody knows the truth and the story's been exposed
So Peg-leg's going down and in front of me
Cause he burned the whole damn city, he watched it all go down
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned that beautiful city, he torched that beautiful town




He forged that beautiful town
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground