Chicago - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

I got the surprise, the surprise of my life

I had to stop and stare

I saw man dancing with his own wife

And you’ll never guess where…

Chicago, Chicago--that toddlin' town, that toddlin' town

Chicago, Chicago--I'll show you around--I love it

Betcha bottom dollar you’ll lose your blues

In Chicago, Chicago

The town that Billy Sunday could not shut down

On State Street, that great street

I just want to stay, I just want to stay

They do things they don’t do on Broadway, say

They have the time, the time of their life

I saw a man who danced with his wife

In Chicago… Chicago…Chicago, Chicago

Free and easy town, brassy, breezy town

Chicago… Chicago

Let me cool my heels right down at Marshall Field

Come and walk with

Along the lake, to the drake

Hollar and whoop, all through the loop

Shout how now to Mrs. O’Leary’s cow

No she-she, life is peachy

Chicago… we'll meet at the pump-room Ambassador East

To say the least

On shishkabob and breast of squab we will feast and get fleeced

Don’t tell me sin is rampant and rife

Think of that man who danced with his wife

In Chicago… Chicago…

I’m in a shindy for that wonderful, windy town!