[Verse 1]
I've got those blues when my baby left me down by the 'Frisco Bay, yea-yea
An ocean liner came and took her away, yay-yay
I didn't mean to treat her bad
She was the best friend I ever had
She said goodbye, she made me cry
She made me wanna lay down my head and die
[Chorus]
I ain't got a nickel, and I ain't got a lousy dime
If she don't come back, think I'm gonna lose my mind
If she ever come back to stay
It's gonna be another brand-new day
A-walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay, hey-hey-hey
A-walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay
[Verse 2]
Well, I'm sittin' down on my back porch
I don't know which way to go
The girl that I was so crazy about
She don't love me anymore
Think I'm gonna take a freight train, 'cause I'm feelin' blue
Gonna ride it to the end of the line, thinkin' only of you
[Chorus]
Ain't got a nickel, and I ain't got a lousy dime
She don't come back think I'm gonna lose my mind
If she ever come back to stay
Gonna be another brand-new day
A-walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay, hey-hey-hey
A-walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
WelI, I ain't got a nickel, and I ain't got a lousy dime
You know she don't come back, think I'm gonna lose my mind
Well, if she ever comes back to stay
It's gonna be another brand-new day
Walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay-ay-ay-ay
Walkin' with my baby down beside the San Francisco Bay-ay-ay-ay
[Outro]
Walkin' with my baby by the 'Frisco Bay