I got the blues for my baby left me by San Francisco Bay
The ocean liner took her far away.

didn't mean to treat her so bad. She was the best girl I ever have had;

said goodbye, made me cry, I wanna lay down and die.

I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime.
If she ever comes back, I think I’m gonna loose my mind.
If she ever comes back to stay, it’ll be another brand new day,
Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay.

Sitting down by 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 take me the freight train, because I'm feeling blue,
Ride all way till the end of the line, thinking only of you.

Meanwhile, in another city, just about to go insane.
Sound like I heard my baby, the way she used to call my name.
If she ever comes back to stay, it’ll be another brand new day,
Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay.