It's the ghost of the St Louis blues Oh it follows me around just like a thief in the dark Hark, hear it now It's the ghost of the St. Louis blues Lord, that haunting strain is just like a piece of bad news When midnight shadows fall I hear the ghostly music moan It means the end of sleep To hear a thousand saxaphones sob and moan In that tune that I never can lose For every where the ghost of the St. Louis blues It's the ghost of the St Louis blues Oh it follows me around just like a thief in the dark Hark, hear it now It's the ghost of the St. Louis blues Lord, that haunting strain is just like a piece of bad news When midnight shadows fall I hear the ghostly music moan It means the end of sleep To hear a thousand saxaphones sob and moan In that tune that I never can lose For every where the ghost of the St. Louis blues