Now bensenville is a train yard over in chicago
And the bumpers y`all well that`s just the coupling between the freight cars
And calay is california that`s wah that mean
And the choke picker that someone who picks artichokes
Now you got the story y`all

Do you hear st. louis slim lost a leg
He just outside bensenville
For some [bad word] reason he was riding on the bumpers
Act like a young man will

And now the last we spoke he was going down to memphis
Said he got himself a girl
Said going [bad word]  riding these rails
Give himself back to the world

But me i`m going down out to calay
And i believe that we`re I fisrt met him?
So bo` lets put our coins together
And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim;

Well
Awlright

I hear the looking for choke pickers out in watsonville
Your [bad word] to tag along
And maybe someday when i`m old and grey
I`ll write this xxxx down in a song

But in the meantime i`m going out to calay
I believe that where I fistm met him
So bo` lets put our coins together
And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim
And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim
And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim
And drink a bottle to St. Louis` sleeve

You remember him
You remember him

But in the meantime i`m going out to calay
I believe that we`re both but him?
So bo` lets put our coins together
And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim
And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim
And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim
And drink a bottle to St. Louis slim
And drink a bottle to St. Louis

One bottle to St. Louis
One bottle to St. Louis slim