Now bensenville is a train yard over in chicago And the bumpers y`all well that`s just the coupling between the freight cars And calay is california that`s wah that mean And the choke picker that someone who picks artichokes Now you got the story y`all
Do you hear st. louis slim lost a leg He just outside bensenville For some damn reason he was riding on the bumpers Act like a young man will
And now the last we spoke he was going down to memphis Said he got himself a girl Said going queer, riding these rails Give himself back to the world
But me i`m going down out to calay And i believe that we`re I fisrt met him? So bo` lets put our coins together And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim;
Well Awlright
I hear the looking for choke pickers out in watsonville Your welcome to tag along And maybe someday when i`m old and grey I`ll write this xxxx down in a song
But in the meantime i`m going out to calay I believe that where I fistm met him So bo` lets put our coins together And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim And drink a bottle to St. Louis` sleeve
You remember him You remember him
But in the meantime i`m going out to calay I believe that we`re both but him? So bo` lets put our coins together And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim And drink a bottle to St. Louis
One bottle to St. Louis One bottle to St. Louis slim