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Thread #6439 Message #37603
Posted By: Paul
09-Sep-98 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Kansas City (Leiber & Stoller)
Subject: Lyr Add: KANSAS CITY (Leiber & Stoller)
That's a twelve-bar blues if I ever heard one. You can hear it on Muddy Waters: The Woodstock Recordings, or Hound Dog Taylor: Genuine Houserockin' Music, and just about any "1950's Golden Oldies Hits" tape that you can buy at truck stops. I was always of the opinion that it was Leiber & Stoller. Some lyrics off the tops of my head:
KANSAS CITY (Leiber & Stoller)
I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come. (repeat) They got some crazy women there and I'm a-gonna get me one.
I'm going to stand on the corner of Twelfth Street and Young, (repeat) And watch those Kansas City women soaking up the Kansas City sun.
I'm going to stand on the corner of Queen Street and Main. (repeat) You know I love my baby. Why'd she leave me for another man?
Well I might take a train. I might take a plane But if I have to walk I'm going there just the same
I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come. They got some crazy women there and I'm a-gonna get me one.
Well I might have to walk there. I can't afford to fly; But if I don't get there, I think I might die.
I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come. They got some crazy women there and I'm a-gonna get me one