St. James Infirmary Lyrics - Live 1966-1967 - Captain Beefheart

I went down to the St. James Infirmary 

Saw my baby there 

Stretched out on a long white table 

So sweet, so cold, so fair 

Let her go, let her go, God bless her 

Wherever she may be 

She can look this wide world over 

She'll never find a sweet man like me 

When I die, want you to dress me in straight-lace shoes 

Box-back coat and a Stetson hat 

Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain 

So the boys'll know that I died standin' pat 

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