Take me back to Chicago   Lay my soul to rest   Where my life was free and easy   Remember me at my best.      Take me back to Chicago   Where music was all I had   I tried to be good as I could   And sometimes that made me sad.      Take me back to Chicago, to Chicago   Why don't you take me back   Take me back, take me back   To Chicago.      I still dream of the Lake of peacefulness   The warm summer breeze   'Cause my life was so much simpler then   Street corners and Tastee Freeze.      Take me back to Chicago   'Cause hustlin's not my style   L.A. was just a bit too hard   I wish I could be a child      Livin' back in Chicago, in Chicago   Why don't you take me back   Take me back, take me back   To Chicago.      Take me back to Chicago   Lay my soul to rest   Where my life was free and easy   Remember me at my best.      Take me back to Chicago   'Cause hustlin's not my style   L.A. was just a bit too hard   I wish I could be a child.      Livin' back in Chicago, in Chicago   Why don't you take me back   Take me back, take me back   To Chicago.      Take me back, take me back....