You Came a Long Way from St. Louis

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »

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St. Louis woman
With your diamond rings
St. Louis man
You just
You just don't mean a thing

You came a long way from St. Louis
You climbed the ladder of success
I've seen the town and country cars
Parked out in front of yo' fancy address, baby

You came a long way from St. Louis
You broke a lotta hearts between
I met a gang of gloomy girls, who were doing alright
Until ya came on the scene, my baby

(Huh)
You blew in from the Middle West
Certainly impressed the population hereabouts

Now listen
I got news for you, I'm from Missouri too
So naturally I got my doubts
You got 'em dropping by the wayside
A feeling I ain't gonna know

You came a long way from St. Louis
And you still got a long way to go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, hoo

St. Louis woman
With your diamond rings (now listen)
St. Louis man
You just
You just don't mean a thing

You blew in from the Middle West
And certainly impressed the population hereabouts, yeah

Well baby
I got news for you, I'm from Missouri too
Naturally I got my doubts
You got 'em dropping by the wayside, yeah
A feeling I ain't gonna know 

You came a long way from St. Louis, but baby
And you got a long way to go
You came a long way 
You got a long way to go

Get yo' hat and get yo' coat, my man
Go on back to St. Louis
Gon' back Mary
I'm not gonna take my tie

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