I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy way of lovin'there and I'm gonna get me some
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner 12th street and vine
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner 12th street and vine
With my Kansas City baby and a bottle of Kansas City wine
Well I might take a train I might take a plane
But if I have to walk I'm gonna get there just the same
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women and I'm gonna get me one
Well if I'm seen with that woman I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a brand new baby and that's the reason why
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there and I'm gonna get me one
Ah, Kansas City
coming to get my baby back home
yeah, yeah
I'm gonna Kansas city
coming to get my baby back home
yeah, yeah
Well, it's a long, long, time
since my baby's been gone
Ah, Kansas City
coming to get my baby on time
yeah, yeah
I'm gonna Kansas City
coming to get my baby on time
yeah, yeah
It's just a one, two, three, four
five, six, seven, eight, nine, wah
Hey, hey, hey, hey
hey, baby, you're no clown
I say you're no clown
Now, now, now, now,
Tell me baby
What's been wrong with you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
hey, baby, you're no clown
I say you're no clown
Now, now, now, now,
Tell me baby
What's been wrong with you
Well, I'll say bye
bye, bye, baby bye, bye
Oh, so long
Bye, bye, baby I'm gone
Yeah, I said
bye, bye, baby, bye, bye
bye, bye, bye, bye
Well, I'll say bye
bye, bye, baby bye, bye
Oh, so long
Bye, bye, baby I'm gone
Yeah, I said
bye, bye, baby, bye, bye
Aaah Kansas City, gonna get my baby back home, a yeah yeah
I'm goin' to Kansas City, gonna get my baby back home, a yeah yeah
Well it's a long, long time since my baby's been gone
Aaah Kansas City, gonna get my baby one time, a yeah yeah
I'm goin' to Kansas City, gonna get my baby one time, a yeah yeah
It's just a one two three four five six seven eight nine, wow
Hey hey hey hey (hey hey hey hey)
Hey baby (hey baby)
Ooh now girl (well girl)
I said yeah now how (well how)
Now now now now tell me baby
What's been wrong with you
Ah hey hey hey hey (hey hey hey hey)
Hey now baby (hey baby)
Ooh now girl (well girl)
I said yeah now how (well how)
Now now now now tell me baby
What's been wrong with you
Well I said bye (bye bye bye bye)
Bye bye baby bye bye (bye bye bye bye)
Ooh so long (so long so long)
Bye bye baby I'm gone (bye bye bye bye)
Yeah I said bye bye baby
Bye bye bye bye...
Ah, Kansas City
coming to get my baby back home
yeah, yeah
I'm gonna Kansas city
coming to get my baby back home
yeah, yeah
Well, it's a long, long, time
since my baby's been gone
Ah, Kansas City
coming to get my baby on time
yeah, yeah
I'm gonna Kansas City
coming to get my baby on time
yeah, yeah
It's just a one, two, three, four
five, six, seven, eight, nine, wah
Hey, hey, hey, hey
hey, baby, you're no clown
I say you're no clown
Now, now, now, now,
Tell me baby
What's been wrong with you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
hey, baby, you're no clown
I say you're no clown
Now, now, now, now,
Tell me baby
What's been wrong with you
Well, I'll say bye
bye, bye, baby bye, bye
Oh, so long
Bye, bye, baby I'm gone
Yeah, I said
bye, bye, baby, bye, bye
bye, bye, bye, bye
Well, I'll say bye
bye, bye, baby bye, bye
Oh, so long
Bye, bye, baby I'm gone
Yeah, I said
bye, bye, baby, bye, bye
bye, bye, bye, bye
OOO Kansas City gonna get my baby back home o yeah yeah
Im going to Kansas city gonna get my baby back home o yeah yeah
well its a long long time since my baby been gone
ooo kansas city gonna give my babt one time o yeah yeah
im going kansas city gonna give my baby one time o yeah yeah
its just a one two three four, five six seven eight nine wow!
a hey hey hey hey (hey hey hey hey)
hey baby
repeat hey hey hey hey
Goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
Goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
Got some crazy little fellas there
I'm gonna get me one
Gonna be standin' on the corner
12th Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner
12th Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a little bit of wine
Well I might take a train
Might take a plane
But pretty little baby
Gonna get there the same
Goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
Got some crazy little fellas there
I'm gonna get me one
Gonna find myself a baby
And make him mine, yeah
Got some crazy little fellas there
I'm gonna get hold of one
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
If I be with that guy
I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a friend
Oh god, that's the reason why
Goin' to Kansas City
Kansas here I come, oh here I come
Got some crazy little babies there
I'm gonna get me one
Oh yeah, I'm gonna get hold of one
Got some crazy little fellas there
Going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come, ah huh
Going to Kansas City baby, Kansas City here I come, ah huh
They got some crazy little men there, I'm gonna get me one
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner, 12th Street and Vine, yes I am
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner, baby, 12th Street and Vine, yes I am
Oh, with my Kansas City baby and a mug of Kansas City wine
Well, I might take a plane, I might take a train
But if I have to walk, yeah, I'm goin' just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come, uh huh
They got some crazy little men there, I'm gonna get me one
Well, I might take a plane, I might take a train
But if I have to walk, yeah, I'm goin' just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come, uh huh
They got some crazy little men there, I'm gonna get me one
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women and I'm a gonna get me one
Gonna stand on the corner of 12th Street and Vine (Kansas City here I come)
I'll be standin' on the corner of 12th Street and Vine (Kansas City here I come)
With my Kansas City baby and my bottle of Kansas City wine
(Kansas City here I come)
(I might take a train I might take a plane)
But if I have to walk I'm gonna get there just the same
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come (Kansas City here I come)
They got some crazy little women and I'm a gonna get me one
(Kansas City here I come)
[ steel ]
I'll be standin' on the corner...
Recuerdo la tarde que te conocí
El sol brillaba más que antes
Entramos por la puerta grande
Por el mismo amor
Nos dimos beso a beso
Esta gran pasión
Tus manos me decían todo
Mi entrega no tenía todo
Éramos tú y yo
Se apago la luz sin saber siquiera
Nos falto el valor para salvar la idea
Que nos sucedió
No alcanzo a entender
Pero algo fallo
Esa es la verdad
Nunca imagine
Que este amor fuera a terminar
Fuimos viento y mar
Fuego y libertad
Algo que se da una sola vez
Cuando se ha querido con un mismo corazón
Cuando se ha querido con un mismo corazón
Recuerdo los momentos de felicidad
Hablábamos de todo un poco
El tiempo se volvía loco
Amarnos era ideal
Se apago la luz sin saber siquiera
Nos falto el valor para salvar la idea
Que nos sucedió
No alcanzo a entender
Pero algo fallo
Esa es la verdad
Nunca imagine
Que este amor fuera a terminar
Fuimos viento y mar
Fuego y libertad
Algo que se da una sola vez
Cuando se ha querido con un mismo corazón
Cuando se ha querido con un mismo corazón
I've got my old man's Delta '88
The windows cracked I'm on the interstate
Just a hundred miles to go on half a tank of gasoline
Lucky charms and Tic-Tacs and mom's amphetamines
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
February makes me kinda crazy
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
Will you still be callin' me your baby
I met a man in a diner outside of Hays
He said marriage brought him there
It was divorce that made him stay
I drove straight through to Junction City
I thought I'd call you in Topeka
But I didn't want the pity
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
February makes me kinda crazy
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
Will you still be callin' me your baby
Feels like I been thrown into the slammer
With the back end of a hammer
Drawn over my strings
Living became needing
My crying became bleeding
And now I am only dreaming
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
February makes me kinda crazy
A hundred miles to go to Kansas City
Will you still be callin' me your baby
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy little woman there
and I'm gonna get me one
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
12th Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
12th Street and Vine
With my Kansas City Baby and a bottle
she's really find
Well I might take a plane
I might take a train
if I have to walk
I'm going just the same
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
and I'm gonna get me one
SOLO
Well I might take a plane
I might take a train
if I have to walk
I'm going just the same
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
and I'm gonna get me one
SOLO
Well I might take a plane
I might take a train
if I have to walk
I'm going just the same
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
and I'm gonna get me one
They got some crazy little women there
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
Yes, goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an' a I wanna get me some
I was standing on the corner, of 12th Street and Vine
Yeah, standing on the corner, of 12th Street and Vine
With my Kansas City woman an a bottle of Kansas City wine
Well I might take a plane, I might take a train
If I have to walk, I'm going there just the same
I'm going to, Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
Oh yeah
Keep your hands off of her, don't belong to you
Keep your hands off of her, don't belong to you
She's mine all mine, no matter what she do
Well I might take a plane, I might take a train
If I have to walk, I'm goin' there just the same
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some!
Yeah!
Kansas City with a friend of mine
We loved the women and we had a good time
Then the trouble started with the gun
Kansas City with a friend of mine
We drank some whiskey and we really felt fine
Then we started leaving on the run.
Hey Ho Yippeeiayay
He shot up Kansas City on a very fine day
Hey Ho Yippeeiayay
He shot up Kansas City on a very fine day
He shot up Kansas City on a very fine day
He shot up Kansas City on a very fine day
Kansas City with a friend of mine
We loved for a dollar and we drank for a dime
Now I'm headin' down to Santa Fe
Kansas City with a friend of mine
We left too late cut it mighty fine
Texas seemed the safest place to be.
Hey Ho Yippeeiayay
He shot up . . .
Kansas City with a friend of mine
It started rainin' turned the mud to slime
Now I'm headin' straight through Tennessee
Kansas City with a friend of mine
Now I'm headin' straight down the line
Nothin' more in Kansas left for me
Hey Ho Yippeeiayay
Kansas City
by Muddy Waters
(Oh, let's go to Kansas City, now.)
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
I'm gonna be standing on the corner, Twelfth Street and
Vine.
I'm gonna be standing on the corner, Twelfth Street and
Vine;
With my Kansas City baby and my bottle
Of Kansas City wine.
Well, I might take a train, might take a plane,
But if I have to walk,
I'm gonna fly there just the same.
Yeaaaah, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
Well, if I don't leave that woman I know I'm gonna die.
Got to find a brand new baby and here's the reason why:
Ya, ya, ya-eeeee eee, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
Ah - right.
Might take a train, might take a plane,
But if I have to walk,
I'm gonna fly there just the same.
Yeaaaah, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
(One more time)
If I don't leave that woman, know I'm gonna die.
Got to find a brand new baby and that's the reason why:
Ya, ya ya-eeeee eee, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
Yeah, yeah,
they got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
(One more time)
They got some crazy little women there
(feat. Rock City)
We come from a city where the young dies
So why not get to use and push your guns high
Bout to lose and that's the reason why we must try
The streets hot from the night to the sunrise
And this is what it sounds like
Came up from the ground now
I woke up on the morning yawnin
Mind addicted to money, grab the clip and them hundreds
and half a ounce of that scummy
Ready to hit the block, tryna to seek em before they tell me
If I don't make it home, tell my mama to pray for me
I'm a get it cuz I gotta, raced in it from the bottom
Pussy nigga get shot up, so shut up and give me props
Niggas they want me dead, and I swear that it ain't no stoppin
I'ma go out and get it, just watch me pop off your socket
Play the eighth for you haters, they see me at corner packin
We the best that's the lesson, I take you pussys to college
Imagine me, I'm Gutta, to be the best is a habit
I swear that til I parish, I keep these pussys in panic
We come from a city where the young dies
So why not get to use and push your guns high
Bout to lose and that's the reason why we must try
The streets hot from the night to the sunrise
And this is what it sounds like
Came up from the ground now
Watch me move through the city, caught up in my religion
Only vision to get it, is to take it without a witness
Say that they want me dead and it's fuck em, that's my decision.
Fuck em with middle fingers, them punks in the penitentary
Walk the block with this energy, give a mug at my enemy
Tell em who they supposed to be, hang em up like a poster be
Play em like monopoly, til the end of my time I be
G.U.T.T.A, Mr. Ace double-o D, the protigy
Tell em they can follow me, only cabbage and celery
Gettin money heavily, smokin up on that privately
Ain't no vegitarians, play with me and you burn with me
Better have a pass to hit my streets with the curtosy
We come from a city where the young dies
So why not get to use and push your guns high
Bout to lose and that's the reason why we must try
The streets hot from the night to the sunrise
And this is what it sounds like
Came up from the ground now
Life from the ghetto, we be real-al
People only recognize, the real-al
Cops hate because we don't squeal-al
But we don't give a fuck bout how them feel-el
See ain't nobody stoppin way, tell them fast seat back away
Love where we come from, know where we come from
We don't care bout what them got to say
Let them know that we do not play, takin over soon as they
Let us open the door, so we can shibbi-dibbi do ba deh
We come from a city where the young dies
So why not get to use and push your guns high
Bout to lose and that's the reason why we must try
The streets hot from the night to the sunrise
And this is what it sounds like
Came up from the ground now
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
Yes, goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an' a I wanna get me some
I was standing on the corner, of 12th Street and Vine
Yeah, standing on the corner, of 12th Street and Vine
With my Kansas City woman an a bottle of Kansas City wine
Well I might take a plane, I might take a train
If I have to walk, I'm going there just the same
I'm going to, Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
Oh yeah
Keep your hands off of her, don't belong to you
Keep your hands off of her, don't belong to you
She's mine all mine, no matter what she do
Well I might take a plane, I might take a train
If I have to walk, I'm goin' there just the same
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some!
Yeah!
Kansas City
soundclip
by Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
recording of 1963
from Evenin' Blues (Original Blues Classics 511)
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
Yes, goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an' a I wanna get me some
I was standing on the corner, of 12th Street and Vine
Yeah, standing on the corner, of 12th Street and Vine
With my Kansas City woman an a bottle of Kansas City wine
Well I might take a plane, I might take a train
If I have to walk, I'm going there just the same
I'm going to, Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
Oh yeah
Keep your hands off of her, don't belong to you
Keep your hands off of her, don't belong to you
She's mine all mine, no matter what she do
Well I might take a plane, I might take a train
If I have to walk, I'm goin' there just the same
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an I wanna get me some!
I'm goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
I'm goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They've got crazy women there and
I'm goin' down to get me some
Well, I might take a train, I might take a plane
But if I have to walk, I'm goin' just the same
I'm goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They've got crazy women there and
I'm goin' down to get me some
Verse 2:
Well bye, bye bye baby byeWooo so long, bye bye baby
I'm gone
Well bye, bye bye baby bye
(instrumental)
Verse 3:
I'm a holl'rin' and screamin'
Baby please come homeWell,
I'm a holl'rin' and screamin'
Don't you leave me all alone
Well, I'm a holl'rin' and I'm screamin'
Baby please come home
(repeat verse 2)
Verse 4:
Hey hey hey hey
I miss my baby, I don't mean maybe
I miss my baby, I don't mean maybe
I miss my baby, I don't mean maybe
The river is deep and the river is wide
And the girl that I love is on the other side
She wants to move to Kansas City
Move to Kansas City
Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue
She's walking down Ellum, turning down Main
Trying to find someone to sell her cocaine
She wants to move to Kansas City
Move to Kansas City
Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue
With a dayful of promises dead on her lips
Mark 15: 34 tucked next to her hip
She wants to move to Kansas City
Move to Kansas City
Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue
Well, I jumped in the water and started to drown
I thought of her walking and turned back around
I want to move to Kansas City
Move to Kansas
I want, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue
With her pair of old wings that opened just once
She can walk on two feet now, she can go where she wants
She can even move to Kansas City
Move to Kansas City
Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue
And I'll tell you one thing that you should never do
Never let no woman tell you she loves you
Sure she'll call you "baby", she'll look in your eye
Then she'll get on that airplane and wave bye bye bye bye bye bye
Bye bye baby, baby bye bye
Bye Bye baby, so long next time
So long next time
And if I could believe what I want to believe
I'd hold you all close and take you with me
All of you to Kansas City
You to Kansas City
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.
I'll be standing on the corner
On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a bottle of Kansas City wine.
Well I might take a train
I might take a plane, but if I have to walk
I'm gonna get there just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Leave at the break of dawn
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Everybody will be sleeping
Nobody will know where I've gone
Cause if I stay in town
I know I'm gonna die.
Gotta find a friendly city
And that's the reason why,
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.
I got to Kansas City on a Firday
By Saturday I learned a thing or two
Cuz up to then I didn't have an idy
Of whut the modern world was comin' to!
I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by their sels
Almost every time I took a walk
Then I put my ear to a bell telephone
And a strange woman started in to talk
To you?
What next?
Yeah what?
What next?
Gather round!
Everythin's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fur as they can go
They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high
About as high as a buildin' oughta grow
Everythin's like a dream in Kansas City
It's better than a magic lantren show
You can turn the radiator on
Whenever you want some heat
With every kind of comfort
Every house is all complete
You can walk to privies in the rain
And never wet your feet!
They've gone about as fur as they can go
Yes sir!
They've gone about as fur as they can go
Everythin's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fur as they can go
They've got a big theyater they call a burleeque
For fifty cents you can see a dandy show
Gals?
One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty
As round above as she was round below
I could swear that she was padded
From her shoulder to her heel
But latter in the second act
When she began to peel
She proved that everyhin' she had was absolutely real!
She went about as fur as she can go
Yes sir!
Kansas City with a friend of mine
We loved the women and we had a good time
Then the trouble started with the gun
Kansas City with a friend of mine
We drank some whiskey and we really felt fine
Then we started leaving on the run.
Hey Ho Yippeeiayay
He shot up Kansas City on a very fine day
Hey Ho Yippeeiayay
He shot up Kansas City on a very fine day
He shot up Kansas City on a very fine day
He shot up Kansas City on a very fine day
Kansas City with a friend of mine
We loved for a dollar and we drank for a dime
Now I'm headin' down to Santa Fe
Kansas City with a friend of mine
We left too late cut it mighty fine
Texas seemed the safest place to be.
Hey Ho Yippeeiayay
He shot up . . .
Kansas City with a friend of mine
It started rainin' turned the mud to slime
Now I'm headin' straight through Tennessee
Kansas City with a friend of mine
Now I'm headin' straight down the line
Nothin' more in Kansas left for me
Hey Ho Yippeeiayay
Goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
Goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
Got some crazy little fellas there
I'm gonna get me one
Gonna be standin' on the corner
12th Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner
12th Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a little bit of wine
Well I might take a train
Might take a plane
But pretty little baby
Gonna get there the same
Goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
Got some crazy little fellas there
I'm gonna get me one
Gonna find myself a baby
And make him mine, yeah
Got some crazy little fellas there
I'm gonna get hold of one
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
If I be with that guy
I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a friend
Oh god, that's the reason why
Goin' to Kansas City
Kansas here I come, oh here I come
Got some crazy little babies there
I'm gonna get me one
Oh yeah, I'm gonna get hold of one
Got some crazy little fellas there
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a bottle of Kansas City wine
Well I might take a train
I might take a plane
But if I have to walk
I'm goin' just the same
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one
(solo)
Now if I stay with that woman
I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a brand new baby
That's the reason why
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one
They got some crazy little women there
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.
I'll be standing on the corner
On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a bottle of Kansas City wine.
Well I might take a train
I might take a plane, but if I have to walk
I'm gonna get there just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Leave at the break of dawn
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Everybody will be sleeping
Nobody will know where I've gone
Cause if I stay in town
I know I'm gonna die.
Gotta find a friendly city
And that's the reason why,
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
I got to Kansas City on a Frid'y
By Sattidy I larned a thing or two
For up to then I didn't have an idy
Of whut the modren world was comin' to!
I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by theirsel's
Almost ev'ry time I tuk a walk.
'Nen I put my ear to a Bell Telephone and a strange womern started in to talk!
(Whut next! Yeak whut!)
Whut next?
Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!
They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high,
About as high as a buildin' orta grow.
Ev'rythin's like a dream in Kansas City,
It's better than a magic lantern show!
Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat.
With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete.
You c'n walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet!
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go,
(Yes sir!)
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!
Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!
They got a big theayter they call a burlesque.
Fer fifty cents you c'n see a dandy show.
One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty,
As round above as she was round below.
I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel,
But latter in the second act when she began to peel
She proved that ev'rythin' she had was absolutely real!
She went about as fur as she could go,
(Yes sir!)
She went about as fur as she could go!
(oh, let's go to kansas city, now.)
i'm going to kansas city, kansas city here i come.
i'm going to kansas city, kansas city here i come.
they got some crazy little women there
and i'm gonna get me one.
i'm gonna be standing on the corner, twelfth street and vine.
i'm gonna be standing on the corner, twelfth street and vine;
with my kansas city baby and my bottle
of kansas city wine.
well, i might take a train, might take a plane,
but if i have to walk,
i'm gonna fly there just the same.
yeaaaah, kansas city here i come.
they got some crazy little women there
and i'm gonna get me one.
well, if i don't leave that woman i know i'm gonna die.
got to find a brand new baby and here's the reason why:
ya, ya, ya-eeeee eee, kansas city here i come.
they got some crazy little women there
and i'm gonna get me one.
ah - right.
might take a train, might take a plane,
but if i have to walk,
i'm gonna fly there just the same.
yeaaaah, kansas city here i come.
they got some crazy little women there
and i'm gonna get me one.
(one more time)
if i don't leave that woman, know i'm gonna die.
got to find a brand new baby and that's the reason why:
ya, ya ya-eeeee eee, kansas city here i come.
they got some crazy little women there
and i'm gonna get me one.
yeah, yeah,
they got some crazy little women there
and i'm gonna get me one.
(one more time)
they got some crazy little women there
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.
I'll be standing on the corner
On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a bottle of Kansas City wine.
Well I might take a train
I might take a plane, but if I have to walk
I'm gonna get there just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Leave at the break of dawn
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Everybody will be sleeping
Nobody will know where I've gone
Cause if I stay in town
I know I'm gonna die.
Gotta find a friendly city
And that's the reason why,
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy
Way of loving there
I'm gonna get me some
I'm gonna be
Standing on the corner
On the corner of
Twelfth Street and Vine
I'll be standing on the corner
On the corner of
Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
The one I call Miss KC fine
Well, I might take a train
I might take a plane
But if I have to walk
I'm going there just the same
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy
Way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Leave at the break of dawn
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Leave at the break of dawn
Well, everybody in Cleveland
Nobody will know where I've gone
Cause if I stay in this town
I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a pretty city
And that's the reason why
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They have a crazy
Way of loving there
When you coming home and it’s getting late
I was unwritten fate
Two eyes light up the screen
Ooh, the prettiest face you’ve ever seen
You-ooh in the depleting light
Tip-toe through in the middle of the night
You say ‘I want what you got’ ohh
In the rocket launch to start the show
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting too all alone
Hey,
Now listen
I’m a figure of eight
You can catch me and y’all wouldn’t choose
But clock is ticking 1,2,3,4,5 I’m late
Oh I, forgot to mention
He’s like that tin man with the big heart
It ‘aint easy
He loves me
And the rocket launch to start the show
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting to all alone
Oh Oh, Oh Oh, Oh Oh
Oh Oh, Oh Oh, Oh Oh
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody in Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody in Kansas City)
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting too all alone
Alone (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (in Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (loves me, loves me)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (in Kansas City, Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (loves me, loves me)
Got a letter just this mornin'
It was postmarked Omaha
It was typed and neatly written
Offerin' me this better job
Better job at higher wages
Expenses paid and a car
But I'm on TV here locally
And I can't quit, I'm a star
I come on TV a grinnin'
Wearin' pistols and a hat
It's a kiddie show
And I'm a hero of the younger set
I'm the number one attraction
In every super market parking lot
I'm the king of Kansas City
No thanks, Omaha, thanks a lot
Kansas City Star, that's what I are
You oughta see my car
Drive a big old Cadillac with wired wheels
Got rhinestones on the spokes
I got credit down at the grocery store
And my barber tells me jokes
I'm the number one attraction
In every super market parking lot
I'm the king of Kansas City
No thanks, Omaha, thanks a lot
Kansas City Star, that's what I are
You oughta see my car
Drive a big old Cadillac with wired wheels
Got rhinestones on the spokes
I got credit down at the grocery store
And my barber tells me jokes
I'm the number one attraction
In every super market parking lot
I'm the king of Kansas City
No thanks, Omaha, thanks a lot
Stay tuned, we're gonna have
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy
Way of loving there
I'm gonna get me some
I'm gonna be
Standing on the corner
On the corner of
Twelfth Street and Vine
I'll be standing on the corner
On the corner of
Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
The one I call Miss KC fine
Well, I might take a train
I might take a plane
But if I have to walk
I'm going there just the same
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy
Way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Leave at the break of dawn
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Leave at the break of dawn
Well, everybody in Cleveland
Nobody will know where I've gone
Cause if I stay in this town
I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a pretty city
And that's the reason why
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They have a crazy
Way of loving there
Always a spectacle it's a public show
Unimpressed so it's time that I let you go
Reputations from these antics
I may not be pure but I'm not all that toxic
Now I'm checking out
And enlisting for stable living
So let's drop the act
I've found something that's more appealing
All this dependence on modern machinery
Come for the week and you'll stay for the scenery
Tear down the building, bludgeon the architect
[Incomprehensible] biased opinions from outdated intellect
It's a spectacle, it's a public show
Unimpressed so it's time that I let you go
Reputations from these antics
I may not be pure but I'm not all that toxic
If I wanted to make a comeback
Would kids receive me?
Unemployment I've been ruined
By young hands clapping
Sailing
And we keep
Sailing
With a fear
Of failing
Listen while they say your name
We hang our heads and take the blame
A dagger mouth is in control
These chemicals will take your soul
Sailing
And we keep
Sailing
With a fear
Of failing
I'm goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
I'm goin' to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
Tell them Kansas City women
Their Kansas City daddy's comin' home
Been on this old road travelin' night and day
On this old road travelin' night and day
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Casey's callin' me
I got a friend in Denver, he wanted me to stay awhile
Got a friend in Denver, he wanted me to stay awhile
But I'm goin' to Kansas City countin' every mile
I've been hitchhikin' every day and night, yeah
Mostly hikin' every day and night
Just a few more miles
Old Casey will be in sight
When they lay me down
Beneath that cold cold ground
When they lay this old boy down
Beneath that cold cold ground
It'll be in Kansas City
