Dookus
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:26 PM
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Daddy was a cop.. on the East Side of Chicago |
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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 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 Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na The night Chicago died Brother what a night the people saw Brother what a fight the people saw Yes indeed!
The night Chicago died Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na The night Chicago died Brother what a night it really was Brother what a fight it really was Glory be!
The night Chicago died Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na The night Chicago died Brother what a night the people saw Brother what a fight the people saw Yes indeed!
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:27 PM
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1. Did you and matcom drink the same water today? |
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He posted this same thing this morning. :D
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:30 PM
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:30 PM
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3. The "East Side of Chicago' |
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is called Lake Michigan. It has no cops. This reminds me of the similarly dim lyrical reference by Kim Wilde in "Kids in America": "New York to East California, there'a a new wave comin' I warn ya'." Umm, East California? Like Bakersfield, maybe?
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:33 PM
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4. I still like Eric Burdon singing of a "warm" San Francisco night :). . . |
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:37 PM
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7. "Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit" |
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That Journey song always drove us Detroiters (past and present) crazy, since we all knew that nobody who lived in that area ever used the term "south Detroit". It is called "downriver" stupid!
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:46 PM
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8. There actually is an East Side of Chicago |
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but it's a thin sliver of the city east of the Calumet River adjoining Indiana. Small, mainly industrial area, pretty depressed these days. (108th street and Ewing)
All of which doesn't excuse the Paper Lace song.
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Wed Aug-18-04 04:27 PM
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there is no set size of a "side". the east side of chicago is the EAST SIDE OF CHICAGO, as in the eastern half of the city. the lake is east of the city...its like saying the the eastern United States is the Atlantic Ocean. and, the east side of chicago is the docks, which i assure you, has a LOT of cops
:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:33 PM
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:35 PM
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give your hippo a hand job
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Wed Aug-18-04 03:47 PM
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i just MAY be the most DUPED man in the lounge! :D
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