Well let them take you for a clown 
And they're bound to bring you down 
You got to make it through the world if you can 
Think they're doing you wrong 
But you got here on your own 
You got to make it through the world if you can 
I said if you can, if you can 
You got to make it through the world if you can 
I said if you can (oooh), if you can (lord) 
You got to make it through the world if you can 
Well you know what it's all about 
Nobody know you when you're down and out 
You got to make it through the world if you can 
Well talk about wrong and right 
You've got to make up your own mind 
You got to make it through the world if you can 
I said if you can (if you can) ooh, if you can (if you can) 
You got to make it through the world if you can (if you can) 
I said if you can (if you can) well if you can (if you can) 
You got to make it through the world if you can (if you can) 
Yeah let them take you for a clown 
It will surely put you down 
You got to make it through the world if you can (if you can) 
Everybody talk about wrong and right 
You got to make up your own mind about it 
You got to make it through the world if you can (if you can) 
Ooh! if you can (if you can) yeah! if you can (if you can) 
You got to make it through the world if you can (if you can) 
Yeah! if you can (if you can) if you can (if you can) 
You got to make it through the world if you can (if you can) 
Yeah i said if you can (if you can) lord if you can (if you can) 
You got to make it through the world if you can (if you can) 
I said you got to make through the world if you can (if you can) 
I said you got to make through the world if you can (if you can) 
I said you got to make through the world if you can (if you can) 
You got to make it through the world if you can (if you can) 
Make it through the world 
Make it through the world (if you can) 
Make it through the world 
Make it through the world (if you can) 
Make it through the world 
Make it through the world (if you can) 

There's something going on 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
There's something going on 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
But you don't know what it is 
But you don't know what it is 
But you don't have to know 
You just take it for what it is (spoken) 
Within this melody 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
There's more then you can see 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
There's another realm 
There's another world 
With kings and queens 
Yeah yeah 
That's why you got to face the facts 
That's why you gotta testify (suggested) 
You gotta do and die (suggested) 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
You got to do in that 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
You got to sing with the music and groove 
You got to turn on the music and groove 
Every every every day 
You know what I'm talking about (spoken) 
It fill you up, it fill you up (spoken) 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
Yeah! 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
Yeah! 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
Get you rolling in the money 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
Work out a few kinks 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
It fill you up to the brim Jim 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
Lord have mercy 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 
Come here baby 
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now 

Chorus (Choir singing) 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? (Do you know the way to Kansas 
City?) 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? (Do you know the way to Kansas 
City?) 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? (Do you know the way to Kansas 
City?) 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? (Do you know the way to Kansas 
City?) 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? (Do you know the way to Kansas 
City)? 
(Van singing) 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Train down to St. Louis 
Get me there alright 
Over to the city there, you know that one 
Where the farmer's daughter digs the farmer's son 
Dig your Charlie Parker 
Basie and Young 
Witherspoon and Jay McShann 
They will come 
Oooowoooowoooo 
Chorus (Van and choir in background) 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Excuse me do you know the way to Kansas City? 
Lady Liberty in waiting 
You know she lights the way 
Her name is Billie, she's a Holiday 
And the city is eternal -- hey, can't you see? 
It's inside of you and it's inside of me 
Oooowoooowoooo 
Chorus (Van and choir in background) 
You know, you know the way to Kansas City? 
You know, you know the way to Kansas City? 
You know, you know the way to Kansas City? 
You know, you know the way to Kansas City ? 
You know...the way to Kansas City 
You know...the way to Kansas City 
Wild Thing 
You know the way to Kansas City (Choir only) 
Thank you Man (Van) 
You know the way to Kansas City 
Sing it (Van) 
You know the way to Kansas City (Van and choir) 
Hit it (Van) 
You know...the way to Kansas City 
You know...the way to Kansas City 
You know...the way to Kansas City 
You know...the way to Kansas City 
Baby can't you sing it one time (Van) 
(Choir) 
You know the way to Kansas City 
You know the way to Kansas City 
You know the way to Kansas City 
You know the way to Kansas City 
You know the way to Kansas City 
You know the way to Kansas City 
You know the way to Kansas City 
You know the way to Kansas City 

How sweet that joyous sound 
Whenever we meet, whenever we meet 
How sweet that joyous sound 
Whenever we meet again 
I think you know it well 
Whenever we meet, whenever we meet 
I think you know it well 
Whenever we meet again 
Yah alright 
And you will begin to know about that 
That grace will follow us 
Wherever we go, wherever we go 
That grace will follow us 
Until we meet again 
Hey! 
Oh yeah 
Uhuhuhuh 
Just run and let it out 
Oh yeah now 
And you will begin to know about it darling 
That grace will follow us 
Wherever we go, wherever we go 
That grace will folow us 
Until we meet again 
(Van and choir) 
How sweet that joyous sound 
Whenever we meet, whenever we meet 
How sweet that joyous sound 
Whenever we meet again 
Oh! Whenever we meet 
Whenever we meet 
Whenever we meet again 
Oh! Whenever we meet 
Whenever we meet 
Whenever we meet again 
Oh! Whenever we meet 
Whenever we meet 
Whenever we meet again 
Again

Go for a ride 
In the still of the night 
And morning brings forth 
All this wonderful delight 
Couldn't have made it more plain 
When I heard that soft refrain 
And I heard you gently sigh 
Wanna take you where flamingos fly, flamingos fly 
Way over yonder in the clear blue sky 
That's where flamingos fly 
Lie in the dark 
With the sound of the nightingale 
Listen for a lark 
I will tell you a tale 
Breeze is blowin', blowin' outside 
Wanna take that moonlight ride 
When I hear you gently sigh 
Wanna take you where flamingos fly, flamingos fly 
Way over yonder in the clear blue sky 
That's where flamingos fly 
Well we're here and we're waiting 
For that morning light to shine 
And I'm looking at you looking at me looking right back at you 
And I'm anticipating 
Sounds along the way 
Looking at you looking at me looking right back at you, hey 
I'll follow the road 
That will take me, take me right back home 
And carry that load 
Where the deer and the provincial angels roam 
Happiness touches, touches me now 
I know where it came from and how 
When I hear you gently sigh 
Wanna take you where flamingos fly, flamingos fly 
Way over yonder in the clear blue sky 
That's where flamingos fly, flamingos fly 
Way over the rooftops of the houses 
I heard it one time, I heard it one time in a lullaby 
I heard it one time, I heard it one time in a lullaby 
Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere way over the rooftops of the houses 
Heard it one time in a lullaby 
Heard it one time, heard it one time in a lullaby 

In the land of a thousand dances 
I dance with you 
I was out I was taking my chances 
When dreams came true 
When you came into my dream 
Like from a whisper to a scream 
And it's a real heavy connection 
It's just a real heavy connection 
It's a real heavy connection 
Lalalala...... 
I remember when I got your message in Amsterdam 
I was going through my letters 
And found a picture-postcard of the Reeperbahn 
When you came into the room 
Not too late and not too soon 
And it's a real heavy connection 
And it's a real heavy connection 
And it's a real heavy connection 
Lalalala...... 
And you came into my dreams 
From a whisper to a scream 
And it's a real heavy connection 
And it's a real heavy connection 
It's just a real heavy connection 
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala 
And it's a real heavy connection 
And it's a real heavy connection 
And it's a real heavy connection 
Lalalala..... 
Baby, baby, baby 
I can't stop this rainbow 
Touching my soul 
I can't stop this rainbow 
In my soul 
Baby, baby, baby 
Baby, baby, baby 
Baby, baby, baby 
Baby, baby, baby 
Baby, baby, baby 

I waited for you 
You waited for me 
That it seemed like, seemed like a mighty long time 
Baby I had to have you 
Oh, I had to have you 
Come rain, rain or shine 
It was a cold wind in August 
Shivers up and down my spine 
I was standin' in your garden 
In the California pine 
I was standing shivering 
I've got the fever in the rain 
But I can't come on back to see you 
Again and again and again 
I said I, I had to have you 
Baby I had to have you 
Come rain, come rain or shine 
It was a cold wind in August 
Shivers up and down my spine 
And I was standing in your garden 
In the California pine 
California pine 

It was a cold wind in August 
Shivers up and down my spine 
I was standin' in your garden 
In the California pine 
In the California pine It was a cold wind in August 
I was pushed on through September 
Oh pushin' through September 
In the rain 
Pushin' through, pushin' through September 
In the rain 
Ooh 
It was a cold wind in August 
Shivers up and down my spine 
I was standin' standin' in your garden 
In the California pine