Baby, don't you want to go? Baby, don't you want to go? Pack your little suitcase, papa's going to Kokomo Baby, where you been so long? Baby, where you been so long? I can tell, mama, there's somethin' going on wrong Baby, you don't know, you don't know Baby, you don't know, you don't know Papa's all ready, going back to Kokomo And me and my baby had a falling out last night And me and my baby had a falling out last night Somehow and other, my babe won't treat me right Baby, what's the matter now? Baby, what's the matter now? Trying to quit your daddy, baby, but you don't know how And I'll sing this verse, baby, I can't sing no more I'll sing this verse, baby, I can't sing no more My train is ready and I'm going to Kokomo