Lincoln Park Pirates - Steve Goodman

In Chicago where I live, there’s an outfit that’d tow

almost anything off the street.

They deal mostly with automobile.

And we call 'em the Lincoln Park Pirates

The streetlamps are on in Chicago tonight

And lovers are gazing at stars

The stores are all closing

And Daley is dosing and the fatman’s counting the cars

And there’s more cars than places to put 'em, he said

But I’ve got room for them all

So round 'em up boys

'cause I want some more toys

Hit the lot by the grocery store

To me way, hay

Tow them away

The Lincoln Park Pirates are we

From Wilmette to Gary

There’s nothing so harried

And we always collect are fee

To me way, hay

Tow them 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

And they said that this garage had no license

But little care I for the law

All my drivers are friendly and courteous

Their good manners ya always will get

'Cause they’re all recent graduates of the charm school in Joliet

To me way, hay

Tow them away

The Lincoln Park Pirates are we

From Wilmette to Gary

There’s nothing so harried

And we always collect are fee

To me way, hay

Tow them 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

And when all the cars are collected

And all of their fenders are ruined

Then I’ll tow every boat in Belmont Harbor

To the Lincoln 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, hay

Tow them away

The Lincoln Park Pirates are we

From Wilmette to Gary

There’s nothing so harried

We always collect are fee

To me way, hay

Tow them away

Now citizens gather around

And I think it’s enough

And let’s call his bluff

Let’s tow the bum out of town