- 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 fou',
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 gonn' keep monkeyin' 'round with your friends, boy
Gonn' 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,
Friends, 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,
Back to the land of California,
To my sweet home Chicago.
I'm goin to California
Come back in, and I'm far away.
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.