[05:32.00]I hate to see that evening sun go down,
[05:32.00]I hate to see that evening sun go down,
[05:32.00]＇Cause my lovin＇ baby done left this town.
[05:32.00]If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
[05:32.00]If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
[05:32.00]I＇m gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway.
[05:32.00]Oh, that St. Louis woman, with her diamond rings,
[05:32.00]She pulls my man around by her apron strings.
[05:32.00]And if it wasn＇t for powder and her store-bought hair,
[05:32.00]Oh, that man of mine wouldn＇t go nowhere.
[05:32.00]I got those St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be,
[05:32.00]Oh, my man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
[05:32.00]Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me.
[05:32.00]I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie,
[05:32.00]Like a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye
[05:32.00]I＇ll love my man until the day I die, Lord, Lord.
[05:32.00]I got the St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be, Lord, Lord!
[05:32.00]That man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
[05:32.00]Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me.
[05:32.00]I got those St. Louis blues, I got the blues, I got the blues, I got the blues,
[05:32.00]My man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
[05:32.00]Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me, Lord, Lord!
[05:32.00]Another version
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[05:32.00]A
[05:32.00]Got St. Louis blues.....blue as I can be;
[05:32.00]B
[05:32.00]There＇s two people in this world I just can＇t stand;
[05:32.00]There＇s two people in this world I just can＇t stand;
[05:32.00]That＇s a two-faced woman and a lyin＇ man;
[05:32.00]B
[05:32.00]I＇m gonna leave this town walkin＇, talkin＇ to myself;
[05:32.00]I＇m gonna leave this town walkin＇, talkin＇ to myself;
[05:32.00]Because the sweet woman I love, she belongs to somebody else.
[05:32.00]C (The following verse is so heavily scatted that it is virtually incomprehensible.)
[05:32.00]When that big old hound comes around...
[05:32.00]And when that big old piece of hound comes..
[05:32.00]He＇s sure gonna leave this town.]
[05:32.00]B
[05:32.00]I＇m goin＇ back to Chicago to have my hambone boiled;
[05:32.00]I＇m goin＇ way back to Chicago to have my hambone boiled;
[05:32.00]Because these women in New York City let my good hambone spoil.
[05:32.00]D
[05:32.00]I got the St.Louis blues, sweet mama, got St. Louis blues, just blue,
[05:32.00]Blue as I can be, St. Louis blues; baby,
[05:32.00]Aw, your daddy got St. Louis blues, sweet mama,
[05:32.00]All those blues, I＇m blue as I can be.
[05:32.00]Version 3
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[05:32.00]I hate to see that evenin＇ sun go down,
[05:32.00]I hate to see that evenin＇ sun go down,
[05:32.00]＇Cause my baby has left this town.
[05:32.00]If I＇m feelin＇ tomorrow, just like I feel today,
[05:32.00]If I＇m feelin＇ tomorrow, like I feel today,
[05:32.00]I＇ll pack my trunk and make my get-away.
[05:32.00]St. Louis woman, with all her diamond rings,
[05:32.00]Stole that man of mine, by her apron strings;
[05:32.00]If it wasn＇t for powder, and her store-bought hair,
[05:32.00]That man I love wouldn＇t＇ve gone nowhere!
[05:32.00]Nowhere!
[05:32.00]I＇ve got the St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be;
[05:32.00]Lord, that man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
[05:32.00]Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me!
[05:32.00]Gee, I love that man like a school boy loves his pie,
[05:32.00]Just like an old Kentucky colonel loves his rock and rye,
[05:32.00]I guess I＇ll love that man until the day I die.