st louis woman with all her diamond rings oh she pulls her man around by her apron strings well if that wasn t for powder or for her store bought hair you know that gal i love wouldn t have gone nowhere nowhere i hate to see that evenin sun go down i hate to see that evenin sun go down cause that gal i love she s gonna left this town well i hate to see that evenin sun go down oh i hate to see that evenin sun go down cause that gal i love she s gonna left this town st louis woman st louis woman with all her diamond rings oh you know she pulls her man around by her apron strings well if that wasn t for powder or for her store bought hair you know that gal i love wouldn t have gone nowhere nowhere got the st louis blues just as blue as i can be oh that gal s gotta heart like a rock cast in the sea well oh hell she wouldn t have gone so far from me