So long toots, bound for Chicago, it’s been swell
You got your hooks into me mamma, you know damn well
You know I gotta leave, before you’re up a tree
And our good thing comes crashin’ to the ground
So long toots, bound for Chicago, it’s been grand
It just as might as well be Morocco or Pakistan
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, but there’s nothin’ up my sleeve
But a place to play where all the people swing around
They made a member of me
So long toots, bound for Chicago now
So long toots, bound for Chicago, it’s all right
I can’t stay as long as I oughta, it’s almost light
And that’s the final star, and you’ve been the best so far
But you’re sleepin’ all alone in that big sky
So long toots (bound for Chicago!)
So long toots (bound for Chicago!)
So long toots, bound for Chicago now
Prevod na srpski
Zbogom draga
Zbogom draga, odoh u Čikago, bilo je odlično
Upecala si me ženo, ti to dobro znaš
Znaš da moram ići, pre nego što me izludiš
I ono lepo među nama ne uništiš
Zbogom draga, odoh u Čikago, bilo nam je divno
To bi mogao biti i Maroko ili Pakistan
Večeras je doček nove godine, ali nemam ništa u rukavu
Sem mesta za sviranje, tamo gde svi ljudi okreću glavu*
Oni su me dobro prihvatili
Zbogom draga, odoh u Čikago, sada
Zbogom draga, odoh u Čikago, sve je u redu
Ne mogu ostati onoliko dugo koliko bi trebalo, skoro je svanulo
A to je poslednja zvezda, i ti si bila dosad najbolja
Ali na tom velikom nebu ti spavaš sasvim sama
Zbogom draga (odoh u Čikago!)
Zbogom draga (odoh u Čikago!)
Zbogom draga, odoh u Čikago, sada