born in Chicago (1997 remaster)

I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one
I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one
Well my father told me, 'Son, you had better get a gun'

Well my first friend went down when I was seventeen years old
Well my first friend went down when I was seventeen years old
Well there's one thing I could say about that boy, 'You gotta go'

Well my second friend went down when I was twenty one years of age
Well my second friend went down when I was twenty one years of age
Well there's one thing I could say about that boy, 'You gotta pray'

Well now rules are alright if there's someone left to play the game
Well now rules are alright if there's someone left to play the game
All my friends are goin' and things just don't seem the same
Oh things just don't seem the same, Babe