I hate to see the evening sun go down Hate to see the evening sun go down 'Cause my baby, he's done left this town Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today I gonna pack my trunk make my getaway St. Louis woman with her diamond rings Pulls my man around by her apron strings Weren't for powder and his store-bought hair The man I love, wouldn't go nowhere Got the St. Louis blues just as blue as I can be But man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me I love that man like a school boy loves his pie Like a Kentucky colonel loves his mint and rye I love my baby till the day I die