I woke up this mornin' Just as blue as I could be I woke up this mornin' Just as blue as I could be I looked all around my bedroom My woman had cut out on me So I started strollin' and drinkin' Strolling Beale Street, up and down Strolling Beale Street, up and down, oh, oh I enquired about my baby But my woman could not be found, oh, no, no I saw my baby comin' She was comin' with a smile She said, "I'm comin' home to you, baby Comin' home to my baby child" I, I'll never leave you Oh, oh, you know just how I feel I'll forever be with you, baby So you won't have to keep on strolling Beale