East St. Louis

EAST ST LOUIS
© 1975 Lightning Red


Well my baby’s been gone for a long, long time now.
Well my baby’s been gone for much too long.
Well she’s been gone for two or three days now.
Said she’s been gone for two or three days.

She been walkin’ in East Saint Louis.
Walkin’ in East Saint Louis.
Walkin’ in East Saint Louis all night long.

Well my lady’s been gone for two or three days now.
Well my lady’s been gone for much too long. (Yea yea)
Sent my baby out…down to the corner store now.

She been walkin’ in East Saint Louis.
Walkin’ in East Saint Louis.
Walkin’ in East Saint Louis all night long.

I called the Illinois State Police. I called the Illinois State Police.
I called the Illinois State Police. “Where my baby gone?”

I just sent her to the corner store. I just sent her to the corner store.
I just sent her to the corner store. She’s been gone too long.

For some beer and cigarettes… For some beer and cigarettes…
For some beer and cigarettes… I lost my baby.

I called the Illinois State Police. I called the Illinois State Police.
I called the Illinois State Police. “Where my baby gone?”

She been gone, She been gone, She been gone, She been gone (Yea)
She been walkin’ in East Saint Louis.
Walkin’ in East Saint Louis.
Walkin’ in East Saint Louis all night long.