I hate to see de evenin' sun go down,
Hate to see de evenin' sun go down
'Cause ma baby, he done lef dis town.

Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today,
Feel tomorrow like I feel today,
I'll pack my trunk, make ma git away.

Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings
Pulls dat man'roun'by her apron strings.
'Twant for powder an'for store-bought hair,
De man ah love would not gone nowhere, nowhere.

Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.
That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.