Crazy Little Women In Kansas City

Kansas City

"Kansas City" is a signature song for this town. Take a moment and read through the lyrics. And then help me answer the questions the song raises at the bottom of the page.

Artist: Wilbert Harrison Lyrics

I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.

I'll be standing on the corner
On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a bottle of Kansas City wine.

Well I might take a train
I might take a plane, but if I have to walk
I'm gonna get there just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.

I'm gonna pack my clothes
Leave at the break of dawn
I'm gonna pack my clothes
Everybody will be sleeping
Nobody will know where I've gone
Cause if I stay in town
I know I'm gonna die.
Gotta find a friendly city
And that's the reason why,
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
They got a crazy way of loving there
And I'm gonna get me some.

Questions that must be answered!

1. How crazy is my loving? My wife has never complained. But she's from the area, more or less, as well. So what would a girl from another state think?
2. Kansas City wine? Please. We have a rich beer brewery history. But wine?
3. Why is it I know the song lyric as "crazy little women there and I'm gonna get me one" and the lyric says otherwise? (Think: What's suitable for radio play in the '50's and '60's.)

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