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San Francisco Bay Blues

San Francisco Bay Blues lyrics by Janis Joplin. Got the blues from my baby Left me by the San Francisco Bay This big ocean liner took her so far away Didn't...

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San Francisco Bay Blues

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Got the blues from my baby

Left me by the San Francisco Bay

This big ocean liner took her so far away

Didn't mean to treat her so bad

She was the best girl I ever have had

She said good-bye, and she made me cry

I'm gonna lay right down and die

Well, I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime

If she don't come back I think I'm gonna lose my mind

If she ever comes back to stay

Well, that'll be another brand new day

Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

Sittin' in my back door

Wondering which way to go

That woman I'm so crazy about

She don't love me no more

Lord, I think I'll grab a freight train

Because I'm feeling blue

Ride all the way to the end of the line

Thinking only about you

Well, meanwhile in another city

Just about to go insane

Thought I heard my baby

The way she used called my name

If she ever comin' back to stay

Well, that'll be another brand new day

Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

(I really mean it!)

Oh, walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay, whew!!

O Bay Blues

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