Louisiana Lowdown - Cowboy Mouth

Well my eyelids said four-thirty

And the radio clock said six

And I was thinking up a reasonable excuse

I might have slept til yesterday

But in the shape I’m in

What’s twenty-four hours more or less to lose

I’ve burned up letters and I’ve burned up souvenirs

And left no traces Lord that I was ever here

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, «I don’t know!»

and the caller hangs up

I think I need a shower

But I really want a beer

And I remember this dream I had and I laugh to myself

BRIDGE:

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 her

Instead I closed my eyes and she wasn’t there

Oh, I was somewhere in the French Quarter

In the winter of last year

Down in the square, dripped chili on myself

When I headed home I heard the sounds

Of heaven in my ears

Turned and saw a woman singin' about Jesus