Illinois

Dusty day dawning

Three hours late

Open the curtains

And let the rest wait



My mind goes running

Three thousand miles east

I may miss the harvest

But I won't miss the feast



And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

Illinois, oh, Illinois, Illinois



South California

Your sun is too cold

It looks like your hills

Have been raped of their gold



I should have come out

When I was first told

This lamb has got to

Return to the fold



And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

Illinois, oh, Illinois

Illinois, I'm your boy



Flat on the prairies

Soil and stone

Stretching forever

Taking me home



'Cause I've got a woman

Who waits for me there

And I need a breath of that

Sweet country air



And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

And it looks like you're gonna

Have to see me again

Illinois, oh, Illinois



Illinois, Illinois

Illinois, Illinois

Illinois, I'm your boy