[Verse 1]
I said hey, baby, don't you want to go
I said hey, baby, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago

[Verse 2]
I said baby, baby don't you want to go
I said baby, baby don't you want to go
Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago

[Verse 3]
Well one and one is two, two and two is four
I'm heavy loaded baby, I'm booked, I gotta go
Cryin', baby, baby don't you want to go
Back to the land of California, for my sweet home Chicago

[Verse 4]
Yeah two and two is four, four and two is six
You gonna keep on monkeyin' 'round here friend-boy
You gonna get your business fixed

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 5]
Yeah six and two is eight, eight and two is ten
Friend-boy, she trick you one time she sure gon' do it again
I'm cryin' babe, baby don't you want to go, don't you want to go
Go back to California, for my sweet home Chicago
Are you goin' back to California, for my sweet home, sweet home Chicago