Wilbert Harrison Kansas City Lyrics

Written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
#1 Apr '59 Hot 100
#1 Apr '59 R&B

I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing 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 going just the same
Going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one
Ah but you know yeah
[Interlude]
Now if I stay with that woman
I know I'm gonna die
Got to find a brand new baby
That's the reason why
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one
They got some ....