well i left out of georgia nineteen sixty four my baby begged me daddy please don t go but i left that town you know i left that town when i left out of georgia you know i was memphis bound well i stayed in memphis in nineteen sixty nine that woman i loved didn t pay me no mind so i left that town you know i left that town when i left out of memphis you know i was st louis bound i didn t need no steam heat by my bed lady i slept with kept it cherry red well i left that town hmm i left that town when i left st louis you know i was chicago bound i m gonna tell you something you oughta know chicago s the best place i ever know i ma stay in this town i ma live in this town chicago s the place it s the baddest place around