《Saint Louis Blues》歌词

[00:00:34] I hate to see de ev'nin' sun go down,

[00:00:42] Hate to see de ev'nin' sun go down

[00:00:49] Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town.

[00:00:57] Feelin' tomorrow lak ah feel today,

[00:01:05] Feel tomorrow lak ah feel today,

[00:01:12] I'll pack my trunk, make ma git away.

[00:01:20] Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings

[00:01:27] Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings.

[00:01:36] 'Twant for powder an' for store-bought hair,

[00:01:42] De man ah love would not gone nowhere, nowhere.

[00:01:50] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:01:51] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:01:54] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:01:57] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:02:01] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:02:05] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:02:12] Been to de gypsy to get ma fortune tole,

[00:02:20] To de gypsy, done got ma fortune tole,

[00:02:25] Cause I'm most wile 'bout ma Jelly Roll.

[00:02:28] Gypsy done tole me, "Don't you wear no black."

[00:02:31] Yes, she done told me, "Don't you wear no black.

[00:02:33] Go to Saint Louis, you can win him back."

[00:02:35] Help me to Cairo, make Saint Louis by maself,

[00:02:38] Git to Cairo, find ma old friend Jeff,

[00:02:41] Gwine to pin maself close to his side;

[00:02:45] If ah flag his train, I sho' can ride.

[00:02:47] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:02:51] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:02:54] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:03:36] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:03:42] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:03:46] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:03:50] You ought to see dat stovepipe brown of mine,

[00:03:52] Lak he owns de Dimon' Joseph line,

[00:03:53] He'd make a cross-eyed o'man go stone blin'.

[00:03:54] Blacker than midnight, teeth lak flags of truce,

[00:03:58] Blackest man in de whole of Saint Louis,

[00:04:00] Blacker de berry, sweeter am de juice.

[00:04:04] About a crap game, he knows a pow'ful lot,

[00:04:07] But when worktime comes, he's on de dot.

[00:04:09] Gwine to ask him for a cold ten-spot,

[00:04:09] What it takes to git it, he's cert'nly got.

[00:04:14] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:04:16] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:04:19] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:04:22] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:04:24] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:04:33] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:04:36] Extra choruses:

[00:04:41] A black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track, said a black-headed

[00:04:54] Gal makes a freight train jump the track,

[00:05:11] But a long tall gal makes a preacher ball the jack.

[00:05:22] Lawd, a blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town, I said

[00:05:58] Blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town,

[00:06:13] But a red-headed woman makes a boy slap his papa down.

[00:06:17] Oh, ashes to ashes and dust to dust, I said ashes to ashes and dust to dust,

[00:06:22] If my blues don't get you, my jazzing must.