Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mechpope13 

Cover art for Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night lyrics by Hold Steady, The

the first line, "nelson algren came to paddy at some party at the dead end alley. he told him what to celebrate." is a reference to the Dillinger Four song, "doublewhiskeycokenoice". Paddy is the leader sing in D4 and in the song he says that "NELSON ALGREN CAME TO ME AND SAID CELEBRATE THE UGLY THINGS"