dear chicago, dear chicago   we wanna let you know how much we miss you   and we can't wait to get back to the city that we love   with open arms we say sweet home chicago      we wrote this song for the windy city by the lake   where it's cold cold as hell i've never felt so warm   this one's for all the time we've wasted looking for more   to find out that we've had it all so wrong   here's to growing up      dear chicago, dear chicago   we wanna let you know how much we miss you   and we can't wait to get back to the city that we love   with open arms we say sweet home chicago      it won't be long till the dream we had of moving out   will carry on and drift away for ever   and i'll hold on to the dream we had of moving out   i won't forget about tomorrow   if i see you tomorrow      i don't care what anybody says   they couldn't take away what you gave to me   i don't care what anybody says   they can't take me away from where i need to be   that windy city