(also known as K. C. Loving)
A popular blues song from 1952.
Words and music by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I’m goin’ to Kansas City;
Kansas City, here I come.
I’m goin’ to Kansas City,
Kansas City, here I come.
They got a crazy way of lovin’ there
and I’m gonna get me some.
I’m gonna be standin’ on the corner,
Twelfth Street and Vine.
I’m gonna be standin’ on the corner,
Twelfth Street and Vine.
With my Kansas City baby and
a bottle of Kansas City 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 goin’ to Kansas City,
Kansas City, here I come.
They got a crazy way of lovin’ there
and I’m gonna get me some.
I’m goin’ to pack my clothes
leave at the crack of dawn.
I’m gonna be standin’ on the corner
leave at the crack of dawn.
My old lady will be sleepin’
and she won’t know where I’ve gone.
‘Cause if I stay with that woman,
I know I’m gonna die.
Gotta find a friendly baby
and that’s the reason why
I’m goin’ to Kansas City,
Kansas City, here I come.
They got a crazy way of lovin’ there
and I’m gonna get me some
Sung here by Vancha March: