I hate to see the evening sun go down.
I hate to see the evening sun go down.
But the gal I love, she done left this town.
Feeling tomorrow like I feel today.
Feeling tomorrow like I feel today.
I'm going to pack my suitcase and make my getaway.
St. Louis woman with the diamond rings
Leaves the man around by a hairpin string.
If it wasn't for powder and store-bought hair,
That gal of mine wouldn't be nowhere, nowhere.
Got St. Louis blue, as blue as I can be.
I got the St. Louis blue, as blue as I can be.
That gal got a heart like a rock cast in the sea.
If you don't like my peaches,
don't you shake my tree.
If you don't like my peaches,
don't you shake my tree.
Get out of my orchard and let my peach tree be.
Mississippi River long, deep, and wide.
I got to find my baby on the other side.
Take me back to St. Louis,
take me back to St. Louis.
Take me back to St. Louis before I blow my top.
I want a big fat mama to bring me gold.
And a tall, slender mama to send my soul.
Send me mama, send me.
Yeah, send me, send me, send me mama.
I gave it up,
baby,
cause you know just what to do.
You just gotta go,
you just gotta go,
you just gotta go.
And when you go, you know you gotta go.
So take it out, shake it out, and go, man.
Mama, mama,
just a little change of the key.
The blues.
Goin' St. Louis.
Goin' St. Louis.
Goin' St. Louis.
Goin' St. Louis.
Goin' St. Louis.
Goin' St. Louis.
Goin' St. Louis.
I'm goin' back to old St. Louis town.
Cause these dark-haired women sure can bring you down.
I'm goin', yes I'm goin'.
I got those St. Louis blues.