Born In Chicago Lyrics

I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one Well, my father told me, "Son, you had better get a gun" Well, my first friend went down when I was seventeen years old Well, my first friend went down when I was seventeen years old Well, there's one thing I could say about that boy, "You gotta go" Well, my second friend went down when I was twenty one years, baby Well, my second friend went down when I was twenty one years, baby Well, there's one thing I could say about that boy, "You got it babe" Well, my blues are alright if there's someone left to play the game Well, my blues are alright if there's someone left to play the game All my friends are going and these years don't seem the same Oh, they just don't seem the same, baby