[ti:GOIN' TO CHICAGO - (WITH LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS/COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA)]
[ar:Joe Williams]
[00:01.18]GOIN' TO CHICAGO - (WITH LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS/COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA) - Joe Williams
[00:12.27]You keep your New York Joys
[00:14.89]I'm going to Illinois
[00:18.61]Just as fast as I can
[00:22.67]You New York women think
[00:24.86]You'll make a fool of any man
[00:28.31]Play all kinds of games
[00:30.23]And you'll cheat if you can
[00:33.31]Use love like a tool
[00:35.44]Make a man a fool
[00:37.42]What a beautiful motto
[00:40.70]Got my money that's it
[00:43.38]How can you mind if I split
[00:47.64]Going back where a woman
[00:51.05]Really knows the way to treat a man
[00:54.48]And people are friendly
[00:56.52]Without no hidden plan
[01:01.28]It's the best in the midwest
[01:04.18]It's a real darn city full of
[01:06.55]Good folks who come from home
[01:10.63]And when I get back
[01:12.87]I'll never roam far
[01:14.55]From my little Chitown
[01:16.78]Goodbye farewell
[01:20.51]I might see you later
[01:26.08]Going to Chicago
[01:30.58]Sorry but I can't take you
[01:33.36]I come from Chitown
[01:35.97]Going back to my town
[01:38.94]Going to Chicago
[01:43.11]Sorry but I can't take you
[01:45.76]No use in crying
[01:48.26]Tired of your lying
[01:52.00]There ain't nothing in Chicago
[01:56.13]That a monkey woman can do
[01:58.58]I got to quit you
[02:01.23]Can't make it with you
[02:05.32]When you see me coming baby
[02:09.18]Raise your window high
[02:12.03]Hide your window to the sky yeah
[02:18.42]When you see me coming baby
[02:21.94]Raise your window high
[02:24.85]Catch me passing on the fly yeah
[02:31.66]But when you see me passing baby
[02:35.18]Hang your head and cry
[02:38.80]Search your soul and
[02:40.93]Wonder why yeah
[02:45.02]Hurry hurry down sunshine
[02:49.19]And see what tomorrow brings
[02:52.14]Tomorrow tomorrow
[02:58.29]Hurry hurry hurry down sunshine
[03:02.75]And see what tomorrow brings
[03:06.23]Tomorrow tomorrow
[03:12.32]Well the sun went down
[03:16.26]And tomorrow brought us rain
[03:20.14]Tomorrow brought sorrow
[03:26.51]You're so mean and evil
[03:30.16]You do things you ought not do
[03:33.61]My you're a mean one
[03:35.73]First time I've seen one
[03:39.10]You're so mean and evil
[03:44.55]You do things you ought not do
[03:46.98]You used to be cool
[03:49.35]Now find a new fool
[03:52.64]Got my brand of honey
[03:56.81]But I won't have to
[03:58.87]Put up with you
[04:00.06]Hate you and your town
[04:02.55]That's why I got
[04:03.98]To put you do
[04:05.89]Goodbye