SWEET HOME CHICAGO

Oh
        baby, don't you want to go
Oh
        baby, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
        to my sweet home Chicago
Oh
        baby, don't you want to go
Oh
        baby, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
        to my sweet home Chicago
Now one and one is two
        two and two is four
I’m heavy loaded baby
        I’m booked, I gotta go
Cryin’, baby
        honey, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
        to my sweet home Chicago
Now two and two is four
        four and two is six
You gon' keep on monkeyin' 'round here friend-boy,
        you gon' get your
        business all in a trick
But I'm cryin', baby
        honey, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
        to my sweet home Chicago
Now six and two is eight
        eight and two is ten
Friend-boy, she trick you one time
        she sure gon' do it again
But I'm cryin', hey, hey
        baby, don’t you want to go
To the land of California
        to my sweet home Chicago
I'm goin' to California
        from there to Des Moines, Iowa
Somebody will tell me that you
        need my help someday, cryin'
Hey, hey
        baby, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
        to my sweet home Chicago

Notes: 1. "Friend-boy" is dialectic substitute for "boyfriend" when used between men.
                See also "Cross Roads Blues" (take 2).

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