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 got to 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 goin keep on monkeying round here friend boy
You goin get your business all in atrick, 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 goin 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