I'm go-in' to Kan-sas Ci-ty,____Kan-sas Ci-ty here I come._______
I'm go-in' to Kan-sas Ci-ty,____Kan-sas Ci-ty here I come._______
They got a cra-zy way of lov-in' there and I'm gon-na get me some.

I'm gon-na be stand-in' on the cor-ner___Twelfth Street and Vine.__
I'm gon-na be stand-in' on the cor-ner___Twelfth Street and Vine.__
with my Kan-sas Ci-ty ba-by and a bot-tle of Kan-sas Ci-ty wine._____

Well,__ I might take a train,___ I might take a plane,_____
but if I have to walk____I'm goin' just the same.___
I'm go-in' to
Kan - sas Ci - ty,__Kan - sas Ci - ty here I come.___________
They got a cra-zy way of lov-in' there and I'm gon-na get me some.____

I'm go-in' to pack__my clothes,___ leave at the__ crack of dawn.__
I'm go-in' to pack__my clothes,___ leave at the__ crack of dawn.__
My old la-dy will be sleep-in' an' she won't know where I'm gone.___

'Cause if I stay with that wo - man__I know I'm gon-na die,___
got-ta find a brand new ba-by___ and that's the rea-son why
I'm go-in to
Kan - sas Ci - ty,__Kan - sas Ci - ty here I come.___________
They got a cra-zy way of lov-in' there and I'm gon-na get me some.____
They got a cra-zy way of lov-in' there and I'm gon-na get me some.____

[Circa 1959]
Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller