Hello San Francisco Oh, we finally got a chance to meet Hello, hello San Francisco Wo, we finally got a chance to meet I knew someday That I would walk up and down your hilly streets You know I love Chicago Someone tell me it's nineteen and sixty eight You know I love, I love Chicago Somewhere around nineteen and sixty eight But some of my good friends told me That my baby was headed toward that Golden Gate You know, I heard she had a boyfriend And this cat's name was Buddy Joe You know, I heard she had a boyfriend And this cat's name was Buddy Joe I heard he was a big time gambler And he was running a game down on Philmo Oh somebody tell me, tell me Where can this Philmo street be found Oh somebody, somebody better tell me Where in the world can this Philmo street be found You know I'm gonna find my woman down there You think I'm gonna try to find that Philmo district down