Lincoln Park Pirates
from the Steve Goodman LP "Somebody Else's Troubles"

AmDm AmAm Piano Chord 

The streetlamps are on in Chicago tonight,
DmDm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

And lovers a'gazin' at stars;
DmAm  DmAm
The stores are all closin', and Daley is dozin',
DmDm Piano Chord 
  EmEm Piano Chord 

And the fat man is counting the cars...
AmAm Piano Chord 
            DmDm Piano Chord 
       AmAm Piano Chord 

And there's more cars than places to put 'em, he says,
DmDm Piano Chord 
                     CC Piano Chord 

But I've got room for them all;
DmDm Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 
    DmDm Piano Chord 
      AmAm Piano Chord 

So 'round 'em up boys, 'cause I want some more toys,
DmDm Piano Chord 
                  EmEm Piano Chord 

In the lot by the grocery store...

Chorus
AmAm Piano Chord 
   EmEm Piano Chord 
    DmDm Piano Chord 
      AmAm Piano Chord 

To me, way, hey, tow them away,
DmDm Piano Chord 
                       CC Piano Chord 

The Lincoln Park Pirates are we,
DmDm Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 
     DmDm Piano Chord 
 AmAm Piano Chord 

DmDm Piano Chord 
                 EmEm Piano Chord 

And we always collect our fee!
AmAm Piano Chord 
   EmEm Piano Chord 
    DmDm Piano Chord 
      AmAm Piano Chord 

So it's way, hey, tow 'em away,
DmDm Piano Chord 
                         CC Piano Chord 

We plunder the streets of your town,
DmDm Piano Chord 
     AmAm Piano Chord 
    DmAm
Be it Edsel or Chevy, there's no car too heavy,
EmEm Piano Chord 
   AmAm Piano Chord 

And no one can make us shut down.

We break into cars when we gotta,
With hammer and pickaxe and saw;
And they said this garage had no license;
But little care I for the law!
Our drivers are friendly and courteous;
Their good manners you always will get;
'Cause they all are recent graduates
Of the charm school in Joliet.

To me, way, hey, tow them away,
The Lincoln Park Pirates are we,
And we always collect our fee!
So it's way, hey, tow 'em away,
We plunder the streets of your town,
Be it Edsel or Chevy, there's no car too heavy,
And no one can make us shut down.

And when all the cars are collected,
And all of their fenders are ruined,
Then I'll tow all the boats in Belmont Harbor
To the Lincoln Park Lagoon;
And when I've collected the ransom,
And sunk all the ones that won't yield;
I'll tow all the planes that are blocking the runways
At Midway, O'Hare, and Meigs Field!

To me, way, hey, tow them away,
The Lincoln Park Pirates are we,
And we always collect our fee!
So it's way, hey, tow 'em away,
Now citizens, gather around,
And I think it's enough, let's call his bluff,
Let's throw the bum out of town!

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