Louisiana Lowdown

From Voodoo Shoppe

My eyelids said four-thirty

And the radio clock said six

I was thinking up a reasonable excuse

I might have slept through yesterday

But in the shape I'm in

Whats twenty-four hours more or less to lose?

I burned up letters and I burned up souvenirs

Leaving no traces that I was ever hear

And I won't be Louisiana lowdown and blue

Yeah the phone rings after breakfast

I swallow hard when I hear

"Guess who?" and I say "Oh no!"

And the caller hangs up

I think I need a shower

But I really want a beer

And I remember a dream I had

And laughed to myself

I burned up letters and I burned up souvenirs

Leaving no traces that I was ever hear

And I won't be Louisiana lowdown and blue

I saw a stranger smiling at me yesterday

And it scared me almost half to death

I wanted to hide I wanted to run away from them

Instead I closed my eyes and I wasn't there

I was somewhere in the French Quarter

In the winter of last year

Sitting in the Square dripping chili on myself

Then headed home I heard the sound

Of heaven in my ears

Turned and saw a woman on the corner

Singing about Jesus

I burned up letters and I burned up souvenirs

Leaving no traces that I was ever here

And I won't be Louisiana lowdown

And I won't be Louisiana lowdown

And I won't be Louisiana lowdown and blue