St. Louis Blues
Yearning Shadows: Unveiling the Heartache in St. Louis Blues
Lyrics
I hate to see that evening sun go down,
I feel sorrow as the evening comes to an end.
I hate to see that evening sun go down,
Reiteration of the sadness as the evening concludes.
Cause my lovin' baby done left this town.
Expressing the cause of the sorrow, as the lover has left town.
If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
Contemplating feeling the same way tomorrow as today.
If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
Reiteration of the anticipation of feeling the same way.
I'm gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway.
Planning to leave and escape the current emotional state.
Oh, that St. Louis woman, with her diamond rings,
Describing a woman from St. Louis with materialistic traits.
She pulls my man around by her apron strings.
Indicating that the woman is controlling the speaker's man.
And if it wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair,
Blaming the woman's use of cosmetics and wigs for the man's behavior.
Oh, that man of mine wouldn't go nowhere.
Suggesting the man wouldn't leave if not for the woman's influence.
I got those St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be,
Expressing intense sadness with the St. Louis blues.
Oh, my man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
Comparing the man's heart to an unyielding rock in the sea.
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
Implies the man left due to his unyielding nature.
I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie,
Expressing deep love for the man with a playful analogy.
Like a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye
Comparing the love to that of a Kentucky colonel for his drink.
I'll love my man until the day I die, Lord, Lord.
Promising to love the man until death.
I got the St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be, Lord, Lord!
Reiteration of the intense sadness with the St. Louis blues.
That man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
Repeating the comparison of the man's heart to a rock.
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
Reiterating that the man left due to his unyielding nature.
I got those St. Louis blues, I got the blues, I got the blues, I got the blues,
Emphasizing the persistence of the St. Louis blues.
My man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
Repeating the comparison of the man's heart to a rock.
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me, Lord, Lord!
Reiterating that the man left due to his unyielding nature.
Comment