Visit beautiful Michigan Avenue
The ‘Magnificent Mile’
See the teenage gangs at night
roaming ‘gangster-style’
Admire block after block on ‘the strip’
Madison Avenue, the Old West Side
burnt down by arson way back in 1968
embers still afloat – Don’t they smell great
Take a walk on the Wild Side
The South Side that once hosted Nat King Cole
Note the empty lots, broken glass and one-eyed cats
What a pleasure to take in all that…
Yes, dear friends, a trip to Chicago’s just the thing
Come to a town where crime is king
Just listen to Lou Reed
and smoke some weed
it's so cold in Alaska
and, it sucks to live in Nebraska
haha you have this punk in you!
let it get through
Rebel! Rebel! where did my Rebels go?
did they all go 6 feet below?
take a walk on the wild side
lets go on that high tide
rebels please my rebels come back
are world is under attack
don't be a poser or a fake
for goodness sake
let go of that punk hiden within!
be true to what you belive in
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