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Here in Chicago, Illinois the landscape is flat
  No hill or vale to break the monotony
A concrete jungle downtown, surrounded by highway
  Leading to endless cornfields south of the metropolis

The suburbs and exurbs' main drags all eerily familiar
  McDonalds, Starbucks, Walmarts, Athleticos
  Bank of Americas, Chase Manhattans, CVS' and Marianos
  Walgreens, 31 Flavors, Pizza Huts, BP's and Shells...

Would Woody Guthrie still sing 'This Land is My Land'
  Could he, if he viewed Chicago firsthand...

Yet here in Chicago we have a Lake Michigan
  which stops tornadoes in their tracks
  turning them into harmless water spouts
and whose waters change hues with the wind's every move  

Here in Chicago we don't worry about hurricanes or typhoons
Although we're a hotspot for displaced raccoons and financial tycoons
Here you can buy a brick house in a nice neighborhood for under half a million
Unlike Manhattan and San Francisco, where a tiny condo costs a zillion

Sure, we've got a crime problem, and it gets a little worse each year
But there's still many a corner tavern that'll cook you a meal with that beer
All I know is that I've lived here forever, and though I lock my door at night
Only once a year, on Halloween, does my neck-of-the-woods give me a fright

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