Ooh, baby don't you want to go?
 Ooh, baby don't you want to go?
 Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago
 Ooh, baby don't you want to go?
 Ooh, 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 gonna keep monkey'in 'round here friend-boy
 you gonna get your business all in a trick
 But I'm cryin' baby, honey don't you wanna 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 gonna do it again
 But I'm cryin' 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'y
 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