Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) , by - Blind Willie McTell. Release date: 04.11.2014
Song language: English
East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) |
| I walked all the way from East Saint Louis |
| I never had but that one, one thin dime |
| I laid my head in a New York woman’s lap |
| She laid her little cute head in mine |
| She tried to make me bleed by the rattlings of her tongue |
| The sun would never, never shine |
| I pawned my sword and I pawned my chain |
| Well I pawned myself but I fell to shame |
| I tried to see you in the fall |
| When you didn’t have no man at all |
| I’d love to meet you in the spring when the bluebird’s almost ready to sing |
| Faree, honey, faree well |
| You can shake like a cannon ball, get out and learn that old Georgia crawl |
| Faree, honey, faree well |
| (play it boy…) |
| And I laid my head in a barroom door |
| And I can’t get drunk, drunk no more |
| Now if you can’t do the sugary get yourself on out of this house to me Faree, baby, faree well |
| I tried to see you in the spring when the bluebird’s almost ready to sing |
| Faree, honey, faree well |
| And I walked on back to East Saint Louis |
| Never had but that one, one thin dime |