Chicago!

Chicago, Chicago, my kind of town! To you, to you, did the coasts come around. Great pumping heart for the American dream. Designated hitter for the American team Pumper of power, builder of towers, Engine of steam

Manufacturer, Retailer, Joiner of Rivers, Progress shipper Master of migration, piper of hydration, mid-America skipper Wheeler, dealer, produce peeler, slump healer, water dipper Engine of progress from Conception to Completion Wagon of wheels from New York to California. Joiner of Rivers Snow king, Water whiz, prairie prince, furnace against shivers Makers, shakers, quakers, stakers, takers and givers. They tell me you are butcher for the world. But I see you as the American dream unfurled.

You are the football, the puck, the bat, the baseball hurled You are the American flag, old glory, the flap and the whirl You are Lake Michigan, the Illinois, the swamps made to whirl. You’re the playground for every boy and girl You are the Freedom, the Energy, the stars and the stripes; You are the water, the prairie conduit, steam and pipes. You are the Apple of Manhattan made ripe! Oh, New York, New York, where is your bling? To you, L.A. Frisco, Seattle, Denver, Twin Cities, we bring the other side of America, westward migration, completing the ring the cycle of progress, the wheel of fortune and wealth the prairie, the harvest, the produce: American health! Chicago, Chicago, joiner of the halves of a Nation enjoined Oh windy city, city of plenty, Wealth of the nation encoined! You are Production defeating poverty purloined. Chicago, Chicago, glorious and free

Great city where to whence movers and shakers did flee. Oh, Chicago, Chicago, great middle city for America, for me! You are the football, the puck, the bat, the baseball hurled! The three-pointer long shot to win the tournament of the World! King of Soul