26 Apr 05 - 12:38 PM (#1471331) Subject: Lyr Add: Lincoln Park Pirates From: Haruo I was looking for this Steve Goodman song's lyrics (and tune if anybody's got it handy). Although it's mentioned in a couple of threads here I don't see the lyrics anywhere (even via Google). (Apparently from album liner notes:) Then I found it, so I'm changing this from Lyr Req to Lyr Add... Lincoln Park Pirates Steve Goodman © 1972, 1973, Buddah Music and Turnpike Tom Music. (spoken:) In Chicago where I live, there's a... there's a outfit that'll tow just almost anything off the streets but they deal mostly in automobile. and we call 'em the Lincoln Park Pirates*. The street lamps are on in Chicago tonite and lovers are gazin at stars, the stores are all closin' and Daley is dozin' and the fatman is counting the car; There's more cars than places to put 'em he said but I got room for them all, so round 'em up boys I want some more toys, hit the lot by the grocery store --to me-- WAY HEY TOW'EM AWAY The Lincoln Park pirates are we; from Wilmette to Gary There's none that's so hairy and we always collect our fee WAY-HEY tow 'em away we plunder the streets of your town, be it Edsel or Chevy, there's no car too heavy And no one can make us shut down. We break into cars when we gotta with pick axe and hammer and saw, they said this garage had no license but little care I for the law all my drivers are friendly and courteous; their good manners you always will get for they all are recent graduates from the charm school in Joliet (Chorus) And when all of the cars are collected, and all of their fenders are ruined then I'll tow every boat in belmont harbor to the Lincoln Park Lagoon and when I've collected the ransom and sunk all the ones that won't yield then i'll tow all the planes that are blocking the runways at Midway, O'Hare and Meigs Field --to me-- WAY HEY TOW 'EM AWAY The Lincoln Park pirates are we; from Wilmette to Gary there's none that's so hairy and we always collect our fee Way hey, tow 'em away, -- Citizens gather around I think its enough and let's call his bluff Yeah lets throw the bum out of town. Found on o Somebody Else's Troubles o The Original Steve Goodman o The Steve Goodman Anthology Now, does anybody have a song about Seattle's Lincoln Towing? The one with the pink "Toe Trucks" and the Jesus fish dotting their I's? Considerably more benign than the Windy City variant. Haruo |
26 Apr 05 - 12:41 PM (#1471337) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Lincoln Park Pirates From: Haruo Meant to include a picture of Seattle's Lincoln Towing Toe Truck. One of them is now in a museum here. Haruo |
26 Apr 05 - 05:34 PM (#1471690) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Lincoln Park Pirates From: Charley Noble Amazing image, Haruo. We have our own folk-processed version of this song, adapted to Portland, Maine, if you're interested. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
26 Apr 05 - 05:44 PM (#1471707) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Lincoln Park Pirates From: Haruo Might as well post it, Charley. Don't know if I'm in need of it, but someone may be. Haruo |