#51 Dick Butkus Lyrics - Midwestern Songs Of The Americas - Dillinger Four

Mother said i can't listen to Radio Havana 

And i read with a flash light late that night 

on these North side streets try avoiding the lights 

Try avoiding any type of political fight 

So alone are all these "new deal" homes 

It can't only matter what you know 

But how you let your anger show 

Harold Washington in a garter-belt and stockings 

Father wasn't picking sides 

But dog-eared pages gave clues to the thoughts inside 

The black sheep prince bowed for the crown today 

Tried keeping things quiet, tried keeping things still 

Tried keeping this conscience from an honest chill 

Can tradition settle in like rust? 

The record knows so let it show 

That desperate is as clever does 

Harry Carry making sick off Clark Street 

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