Kokomo

I tol' some friends you came from Gary

'Tho your home was in Naptown

The last time I saw you was in New York City

Leavin' on a Greyhound - homeward bound

I gave you what I had in my pocket

Enough for candy bars an' beer

Didn't I wave goodbye with a low-down feelin'

Still, I held back the tears

I started thinkin' 'bout you up in Milwaukee

It was rainin' when we reached Chicago

But the tears didn't start rollin' down my cheeks

'Til we rolled into Kokomo - Kokomo

No one I know who ever met you

Could resist the way you sang an' played

And none of us will ever forget you

We all just wish you'd've stayed

To share the music you made

Ya tol' me you was gonna stop smokin' cigarettes

An' buy a good-lookin' car

Ya used to sing about your dreams dreams comin' true

We thought you'd go so far

I started thinkin' 'bout you up in Milwaukee

It was rainin' when we reached Chicago

But the tears didn't start rollin' down my cheeks

'Til we rolled into Kokomo - Kokomo

You know the first time you came overseas

You was only seventeen

Playin' the blues in Yank Rachell's band

You was happy to be heard and seen

Hungry and lean

The next time around you was on your own

Makin' a name for yourself

Now all that's left is the love in our hearts

An' some reel-to-reel tapes on my shelf

I started thinkin' 'bout you up in Milwaukee

It was rainin' when we reached Chicago

But the tears didn't start rollin' down my cheeks

'Til we rolled into Kokomo - Kokomo