San Francisco Bay Blues - Richie Havens

I got the blues from my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

The ocean liner’s gone so far away

Didn’t mean to treat her so bad, she was the best girl I ever have had

She said goodbye, I can take a cry, I want to lay right down and die

I ain’t got a nickel and I ain’t got a lousy dime

SIf she don’t come back, I think I’m going to lose my mind

If she ever gets back to stay, it’s going to be another brand new day

Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

Sitting down looking from my back door

Wondering which way to go

The woman I’m so crazy about, she don’t love me no more

Think I’ll catch me a freight train, 'cause I’m feeling blue

And ride all the way to the end of the line, thinking only of you

Meanwhile, in another city

Just about to go insane

Thought I heard my baby, Lord, the way she used to call my name

If I ever get her back to stay, it’s going to be another brand new day

Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay