Born in Chicago

was born in Chicago

19 and 51

I was born in Chicago

19 and 51

Yeah, my poppa told me

Son you had better get it done

My first friend went down

When he was seventeen years of age

Yeah, my first friend went down

When he was seventeen years of age

I've got one thing to say about that boy

He died brave

Now my second friend went down

When he was twenty-one years old

Yeah, my second friend went down

When he was twenty-one years old

I've got one thing to say about that boy

He died bold

Now the blues are alright

If there's someone left to play the game

Yeah, the blues are alright

If there's someone left to play the game

All my friends are gone

It just don't seem the same

Things aren't the same, baby