Chicago Lyrics

These Midwest winds are picking up now

You've set full sail where they're blowing most strong

Landlocked, I'm left this fort to hold down

To be immersed in my thoughts when you're gone

Those Saint Paul blues are catching up now

Yea you've been stuck in one place, bored with life

But you know sometimes

We've got to open up our eyes

To realize we've been blind the whole time

And I won't feel abandoned

While we're apart

And I hope some new man

Don't come and steal away your heart

One more parting thought

Before you depart

You don't have to go to Chicago

I-90's such a bleak and boring drive

You don't have to go to Chicago

My '01 Ford Explorer just don't get that kind of mileage

That tidal wave crashed on me so hard

The day you told me you're leaving again

What's Illinois have that I don't got

That mile ain't even magnificent

You know home will be waiting

When you come back around

And I hope you'll be making your way back to the twin towns

I won't go chasing after that greyhound

You don't have to go to Chicago

You never liked the White Sox or the Bears

You don't have to go to Chicago

I hope you don't catch covid from the wine bar at O'Hare

Monotony has gotten me

Don't want to get away

I honestly don't want to meet

Obama anyway

No quarter for those tolls' roads

Still I wish you very well

No stomach for Jeppson's Malört

Or Rahm Emmanuel

Well well well

You don't have to go to Chicago

That bean won't make your problems go away

You don't have to go to Chicago

And I don't have to follow

So enjoy your holiday

You don't have to go

You don't have to go

You don't have to

Don't have to go

You don't have to go

You don't have to go

You don't have to

Don't have to go