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 momma 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 momma 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 Till the last of the hoodlum gang, had surrendered up or died There was shouting in the street, and the sound of running feet And they asked the one who said, about a hundred cops are dead I heard my momma 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 momma 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 there was no sound at all, but the clock upon the wall And the door burst open wide, and my daddy stepped inside And he kissed my momma's face, and he brushed her tears away the night Chicago died Nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, the night Chicago died Brother, what a night the people saw, brother, what a fight the people saw, yes indeed The night Chicago died Nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, the night Chicago died Brother what a night it really was, brother, what a fight it really was, glory be The night Chicago died Nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, the night Chicago died Brother what a night it really was, brother, what a fight it really was