There was a place in East St. Louis   It was in nineteen fifty nine   When they played they filled the streets with music   That lonely blue note music   That takes your cares away, far away   They packed the place when the band was playin'   To get some joy from a smoke filled room   Through that door you could see the bodies swayin'   The blue note band was playin'   Some lonely blue note song, all night long      Oh, it carried me away, oh, carried me away   Oh, it carried me away, oh, carried me away   No place I'd rather stay      If you should ever make it to St. Louis   On some hot and lonely night   If you listen you can hear that blue note music   They fill the streets with music   It carries you away, far away      Oh, it carried me away, oh, carried me away   Oh, it carried me away, oh, carried me away   No place I'd rather stay