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I hate's to see that evenin' sun go downHate's to see that evenin' sun go down'Cause my baby she done left this townIf I feel tomorrow like I feel todayFeel tomorrow like I feel todayI'll pack up my trunk and make my getawaySaint Louis woman with her diamond ringsPulls that man 'round by her apron strings'Twern't for powder and her store-bought hairThe man she love wouldn't gone nowhere, nowhereGot them Saint Louis Blues; I'm as blue as I can beLike a man done throwed that rock down into the seaGot them Saint Louis Blues; I'm as blue as I can beWent to the gypsy, get her fortune toleTo the gypsy done got her fortune tole'Cause she most wild 'bout her Jelly RollNow that gypsy told her, "Don't you wear no black"She done told her, "Don't you wear no blackGo to Saint Louis: you can win him back"If she get to Cairo, make Saint Louis by herselfSongtexteGet to Cairo, find her old friend JeffGoin' to pin herself right there to his sideIf she flag his train, she sho' can rideAnd she sangGot them Saint Louis Blues, just as blue as I can beThat man got a heart like a rock cast into the seaOr else he wouldn't have gone so far from me, doggone itI loves day, man, like a schoolboy loves his pieLike a Kentucky colonel loves his mint and ryeI'll love my baby till the day I dieNow a black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the trackSaid a black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the trackBut a long, tall gal makes a preacher ball the jackLord, a blond-headed woman make a good man leave the townI said a blond-headed woman make a good man leave the townBut a red-headed woman make a boy slap his pappy down Aus Songtexte Mania