St. Louis Blues

by Bessie Smith

From the album: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out / Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)

Track 17 of 22 on Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out / Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here) (1929).

Duration: 3:10

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Lyrics for St. Louis Blues

I hate to see the evening sun go down I hate to see the evening sun go down It makes me think I'm on my last go 'round Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today I'll pack my grip and make my getaway Saint Louis woman with her diamond rings Pulls that man around by her apron strings Wasn't for powder and the store-bought hair The man I love wouldn't go nowhere, nowhere I got them Saint Louis blues, just as blue as I can be He's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me

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