Lincoln Park Pirates

In chicago where i live, there's a... there's a outfit that'll tow just almost anything off the streets but they deal mostly in automobile. and we call 'em the lincoln park pirates*.

The street lamps are on in chicago tonite

And lovers are gazin at stars, the stores are all closin'

And daley is dozin' and the fatman is counting the car;

There's more cars than places to put 'em he said

But i got room for them all, so round 'em up boys

I want some more toys, hit the lot by the grocery store

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To me

Way hey tow'em away

The lincoln park pirates are we; from wilmette to gary

There's none that so hairy and we always collect our fee

Way-hey tow 'em away we plunder the streets of your town,

Be it edsel or chevy, there's no car to heavy

And no one can make us shut down.

We break into cars when we gotta

With pick axe and hammer and saw,

They said this garage had no license

But little care i for the law

All my drivers are freindly and courteous;

Their good manners you always will get

For they all are recent graduates from the charm scholl in joliet

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And when all of the cars are collected,

And all of their fenders are ruined

Then i'll tow every boat in belmont harbor to the licoln park lagoon

And when i've collected the ransom and sunk all the ones that won't yield

Then i'll tow all the planes that are blocking the runways

At midway, o'hare and meigs field

To me

Way hey tow'em away

The lincoln park pirates are we; from wilmette to gary

There's none that so hairy and we always collect our fee

Way hey, tow 'em away, -- citizens gather around

I think its enough and lets call his bluff

Yeah lets throw the bum out of town.

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