[Intro]
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

[Chorus]
Soul city
Open your arms to me, right now
Soul city
Open your arms for me, please

[Verse 1]
Put me down in any town
Where the actions move are swift and tight
Where everybody's whoopsy-daisyin' for days and days
And on into the night

[Pre-Chorus]
Because that's where I want to be
That's where the folks got a thing for me

[Chorus]
So soul city
Open your arms for me, hear me now
Soul city
Just open your arms for me, mmm mmm

[Verse 2]
It's on my mind all the time
Thinking of parties every Friday night
And I wish I could be on every scene
'Cause I know it would be outta sight
[Pre-Chorus]
Because that's where I want to be
Because the folks got a thing for me

[Bridge]
So soul city
Soul city
Soul

(That's where I want to be)
Because the folks got a thing for me

[Verse 3]
Now Lucy, you tell Susie
You tell Jimmy to tell Bill
That when they're gettin' down from town to town
If I can make it, you know that I will

[Pre-Chorus]
Because that's where I want to be
Because the folks got a thing for me

[Chorus]
So soul city
Open your arms for me, hear me now
Soul city
Just open up your arms for me, uh huh huh huh
[Outro]
I got to find some place to run (Soul city)
Where I can have myself some fun (Open your arms for me)
I got to find that soulful town
Where everybody's gettin' down (Soul city)