The Legend of Pegleg Sullivan

[Verse 1]
1871 was the year underneath an October sky
When a windy city man had set out with a plan to set a fire, but nobody knows why
So Pegleg headed out back with a match and a bucket of kerosene
Little did he know that the wind would blow through the streets with anarchy

[Pre-Chorus]
Pegleg didn't have an alibi
He didn't have a story to tell
With that he bought his one-way ticket straight to hell

[Chorus]
‘Cause he burned the whole damn city
He watched it all go down
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned that beautiful city
He torched that beautiful town
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground

[Verse 2]
The flames spread fast and by nightfall they passed through the alleys and the dead-end streets
From suburban doors to the lakefront shore demolishing everything
And Pegleg never got blamed for the mess
Maintained he never broke the law
But all that remained was the charred black stains proving everything’s his fault

[Pre-Chorus]
Pegleg didn't have an alibi
He didn't have a story to tell
With that he bought his one-way ticket straight to hell

[Chorus]
‘Cause he burned the whole damn city
He watched it all go down
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned that beautiful city
He torched that beautiful town
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground

[Bridge]
Of all the books printed on history, none raised the flag on one man’s legacy
Now everybody knows the truth and the story’s been exposed
So Pegleg's going down in infamy

[Chorus]
‘Cause he burned the whole damn city
He watched it all go down
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned that beautiful city
He torched that beautiful town
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground
Yeah, he burned all of Chicago to the ground