You Came A Long Way From St. Louis

YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST. LOUIS
W: Bob Russell
M: John Benson Brooks
Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney
Key: Eb

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You came a long way from St. Lou-is,
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You climbed the lad-der of suc-cess
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I’ve seen the Town and Coun-try cars
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That were parked out in front of
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Your fan-cy ad-dress!

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You came a long way from St. Lou-is,
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You broke a lot-ta hearts be-tween
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I’ve seen a gang of gloom-y guys
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Who were do-in’ all right
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till you came on the scene!
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You came here from the mid-dle-west
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And cer-tain-ly im-pressed
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The pop-u-la-tion here-a-bouts
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Well ba-by, I got news for you,
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I’m from Mis-sou-ri too,
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So natch-er-ly, I got my doubts!
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You got ’em drop-pin’ by the way-side,
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A feel-in’ I ain’t gon-na know
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You came a long way from St. Lou-is,
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But ba-by, you still got a long way to go!