I been rockin' and reelin', Lord as long as I can be
 
 Lord, the man that I love tryin' to make a fool out of me
 
 Babe, I'm leavin', yeah I'm a-leavin' this mornin'
 
 Goin' to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home
 
  
  Now well I used to drink and I'm gonna buy a gallon
 
 I'm gonna find me my man I say, get a pair of overalls
 
 I'm leavin', yeah I'm gonna go to Kansas City, ha ha ha
 
 Goin' to Kansas City, yeah, to make my man my own
  
 
 I'll walk on Beauty Street with an idea I might stay
 
 If she wants my man I'll just change my ways
 
 Lord I'm leavin', yeah I'm leavin' this mornin'
 
 Goin' to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home
 
 Go ahead, take it!
  
 
 Yeah!
  
 
 I been rockin' and reelin', lonesome as I can be
 
 Lord the man that I love sure made a fool out of me
 
 Babe I'm leavin', yeah I'm leavin' this mornin'
 
 Goin' to Kansas City tryin' to find a man of my own, yeah