Chicago from Paper Babies by Superstructure

Crack your front window on a Saturday night
Sweet sounds of sirents by the gray moonlight
(Check the locks before you go to bed)
The alleys they hum like a warning sign
Glittering with broken glass, graffiti scrawl
(It's the lights that fill you up with dread)
Six or seven shots a block or two away
You'll know if someone died by the light of day
(Add another voice inside my head)
The streets got posters with smiling cops
They'll all stay up till the money stops
(Anyone complaining might end up dead)

Home is where you can't escape from

Build a big city out of steel and stone
Three million souls to help you feel alone
(Familiar sounds to help you sleep)
There's ever endless wheat to thresh
If you'll afford your pound of flesh
(All this progress you can keep)
Wonder why you're still here, all these years
If leaving's all it takes to face your fears
(I promise you it's not that deep)
The rain cools you off on a humid day
Almost reminds you why you stay
(Someday you'll take that leap)

Home is where you can't escape from
Home is where you can't deny
Just you try

They're tearing up the houses on Cermak road
Real estate barons gonna get what they're owed
(Some ghosts can't be exorcised)
Lake Shore might become Jean-Baptiste
But the South and West sides are gonna miss the feast
(In the end it'll be your demise)

Home is where you can't escape from
Home is where you can't escape from
Home is where you can't deny the log stuck in your eye
You'll never say goodbye

(Familiar sounds to help you sleep)
(All this progress you can keep)
(Listen to the city speak)

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