Opelousas - Victoria Williams

She’s cruising the streets

Making damn sure she don’t run into that old man

Around him she hardly ever speaks

She slips into an old retreat

I saw her strutting in a dress

That was lucky last week

Keeping an eye out for a shady

Who’s holding something sweet

Some sweet relief

Some find it in a bathtub

Or a back rub

The clothes they wear or just in the air

In the food they eat, it’s something sweet

Some sweet relief

Now Opelousas is a dim-lit town by night

But the people down there

They sure know how to live right

Why, they dance by the moon

They give a party for a fight

They got that look in their eyes says

They’re holding something sweet

Some sweet relief

It’s in a handshake or a lucky break

In a bottle of wine or just losing some time

It’s in the road you meet, oh

It’s something sweet

Some sweet relief

Now you tell me you got some

I hope that’s true

But you want some assurance

You’ll never be blue

It’s in a boat ride

On the holy side

It’s at the five and ten

It’s everywhere you’ve ever been

It’s in the very words you speak

It’s something sweet

Some sweet relief