i hate to see that evening sun go down i hate to see that evening sun go down cause my lovin baby done left this town if i feel tomorrow like i feel today if i feel tomorrow like i feel today i m gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway oh that st louis woman with her diamond rings she pulls my man around by her apron strings and if it wasn t for powder and her store bought hair oh that man of mine wouldn t go nowhere i got those st louis blues just as blue as i can be oh my 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 my man like a schoolboy loves his pie like a kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye i ll love my man until the day i die lord lord i got the st louis blues just as blue as i can be lord lord that man s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea or else he wouldn t have gone so far from me i got those st louis blues i got the blues i got the blues i got the blues my man s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea or else he wouldn t have gone so far from me lord lord