If you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best.
Get your kicks on Route 66.
It winds from Chicago to LA.
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on Route 66.
Now you go thru St. Looey, Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico.
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona,
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino.
Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that California trip.
Get your kicks on Route 66!