Diamond Ring

If I ever get back to St. Louis again

There's going to be some changes made

I'm gonna find ol' Alice, right where I left off

It's gonna be just as if I stayed

That old organ grinder is gonna wind his box

And the knife sharpener is gonna sing

When I get back to St. Louis again

I'm gonna find that diamond ring

Diamond ring, diamond ring

Shine like gold, behold that diamond ring

If I ever get back to St. Louis again

Everybody's gonna smile

One of them Mac girls drag me up to Washington

I got stuck there for awhile

She gave me more misery than a man can more

Than I took her bad advice

Now I don't aim to bother anyone

I paid that awful price

Diamond ring, diamond ring

Shine like gold, behold that diamond ring

If I ever get back to St. Louis again

That diamond ring is gonna shine

That old burlesque dancer is gonna bum around

And everything is gonna be fine

I'm gonna saddle up my accounts of what's left

And leave the rest up to the law

And I'm going to marry the one I love

Then I'm for Wichita

Diamond ring, diamond ring

Shine like gold, behold that diamond ring

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