St. Louis Blues
Yearning Shadows: St. Louis Blues Tale of Love and Loss
Lyrics
I hate to see that evening sun go down,
I regret the setting of the evening sun,
I hate to see that evening sun go down,
I lament the departure of the evening sun,
'Cause my lovin' baby done left this town.
Because my beloved has left this town.
If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
If my emotions tomorrow mirror today's,
If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
If my feelings persist tomorrow as they are today,
I'm gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway.
I will pack my belongings and leave.
Oh, that St. Louis woman, with her diamond rings,
Referring to a woman from St. Louis with ostentatious jewelry,
She pulls my man around by her apron strings.
She controls my man through her influence.
And if it wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair,
If not for cosmetics and her artificial hair,
Oh, that man of mine wouldn't go nowhere.
My man wouldn't be enticed away.
I got those St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be,
I experience deep sadness, the St. Louis blues,
Oh, my man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
My man's heart is unyielding like a rock in the sea,
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have distanced himself from me.
I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie,
I love my man passionately, like a schoolboy loves his pie,
Like a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye
Similar to a Kentucky colonel and his preferred drink,
I'll love my man until the day I die, Lord, Lord.
I'll love my man until my last breath, oh Lord.
I got the St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be, Lord, Lord!
I'm afflicted with the St. Louis blues, intensely sorrowful,
That man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
My man's heart is as unyielding as a rock in the sea,
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have distanced himself from me.
I got those St. Louis blues, I got the blues, I got the blues, I got the blues,
Repetition of the intense feeling of the St. Louis blues,
My man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
My man's heart is like a rock in the sea,
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me, Lord, Lord!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have distanced himself from me, oh Lord!
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