《Saint Louis Blues》歌词

[00:06:24] I hate to see de ev'nin' sun go down,

[00:06:24] Hate to see de ev'nin' sun go down

[00:06:24] Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town.

[00:06:24] Feelin' tomorrow lak ah feel today,

[00:06:24] Feel tomorrow lak ah feel today,

[00:06:24] I'll pack my trunk, make ma git away.

[00:06:24] Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings

[00:06:24] Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings.

[00:06:24] 'Twant for powder an' for store-bought hair,

[00:06:24] De man ah love would not gone nowhere, nowhere.

[00:06:24] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:06:24] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:06:24] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:06:24] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:06:24] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:06:24] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:06:24] Been to de gypsy to get ma fortune tole,

[00:06:24] To de gypsy, done got ma fortune tole,

[00:06:24] Cause I'm most wile 'bout ma Jelly Roll.

[00:06:24] Gypsy done tole me, "Don't you wear no black."

[00:06:24] Yes, she done told me, "Don't you wear no black.

[00:06:24] Go to Saint Louis, you can win him back."

[00:06:24] Help me to Cairo, make Saint Louis by maself,

[00:06:24] Git to Cairo, find ma old friend Jeff,

[00:06:24] Gwine to pin maself close to his side;

[00:06:24] If ah flag his train, I sho' can ride.

[00:06:24] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:06:24] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:06:24] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:06:24] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:06:24] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:06:24] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:06:24] You ought to see dat stovepipe brown of mine,

[00:06:24] Lak he owns de Dimon' Joseph line,

[00:06:24] He'd make a cross-eyed o'man go stone blin'.

[00:06:24] Blacker than midnight, teeth lak flags of truce,

[00:06:24] Blackest man in de whole of Saint Louis,

[00:06:24] Blacker de berry, sweeter am de juice.

[00:06:24] About a crap game, he knows a pow'ful lot,

[00:06:24] But when worktime comes, he's on de dot.

[00:06:24] Gwine to ask him for a cold ten-spot,

[00:06:24] What it takes to git it, he's cert'nly got.

[00:06:24] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:06:24] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:06:24] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:06:24] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:06:24] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:06:24] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:06:24] Extra choruses:

[00:06:24] A black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track, said a black-headed

[00:06:24] Gal makes a freight train jump the track,

[00:06:24] But a long tall gal makes a preacher ball the jack.

[00:06:24] Lawd, a blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town, I said

[00:06:24] Blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town,

[00:06:24] But a red-headed woman makes a boy slap his papa down.

[00:06:24] Oh, ashes to ashes and dust to dust, I said ashes to ashes and dust to dust,

[00:06:24] If my blues don't get you, my jazzing must.