Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
Riding along in my automobile
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
My curiosity runnin’ wild
Crusin’ and playin’ the radio
With no particular place to go
Sittin’ in my car outside your house
(Sittin’ in my car outside your house)
'Member when you spilled coke all over you blouse
T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs
(T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs)
We’ve been having fun all summer long
If you ever go to Trinidad
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one good real fine time
Drinkin’ Rum and Coca Cola
If you ever go across the sea to Ireland
Then maybe at the closing of your day
You will sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh
And see the sun go down on Galway Bay
Well I never been to Spain
But I kinda like the music
Say the ladies are insane there
And they sure know how to use it
They don’t abuse it
Never gonna lose it
I can’t refuse it
Lady of Spain, I adore you
Right from the night I first saw you
Lady, I’m your knight in shining armor and I love you,
You have made me what I am and I am yours.
My love, there’s so many ways I want to say “I love you,”
Let me hold you in my arms forever more.
Farewell an’ adieu to you fair Spanish ladies
Farewell an’ adieu to you ladies of Spain
There’s a train every day
Leading either way
There’s a world you know
There’s a way to go
I soon believe it’s just as well
This is my opening farewell
If I had wings like Noah’s dove
I’d fly the river to the one I love
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
What queered it in the end
Was what the Right Reverend calls puce-salami-tea
Can’t spell it
Don’t know how to say it right
But know what it means
And what it means is adios compadre
The preacher talked to me and he smiled,
Said, “Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile.
Now for once in your life you’re alone,
But you ain’t got a dime, there’s no time for the phone.”
Billy-Ray was a preacher’s son
And when his daddy would visit he’d come along
When they gathered around and started talkin’
That’s when Billy would take me walkin’
Out through the back yard we’d go walkin’
Then he’d look into my eyes
Lord knows to my surprise
I saw her sweet face trembling
As she tried to open her eyes
I jumped with the joy of a grateful boy
The day my baby gave me a surprise
Lay down beside me,
Hold me and hide me,
Kiss all the troubles of this world away…
Is it too much to ask?
I want a comfortable bed that won’t hurt my back,
Food to fill me up,
And warm clothes and all that stuff.
Shouldn’t I have this, shouldn’t I have this, shouldn’t I have all of this, and,
Passionate kisses,
Passionate kisses, whoa-oh-oh,
Passionate kisses, from you?
I wanna kiss you all over, all over again
I wanna kiss you all over
Till the night closes in, till the night closes in
Stay with me, lay with me, holding me, loving me baby
Here with me, near with me, feeling you close to me baby
I’m gonna leave these blues behind
For some other fool to find,
He won’t care and I don’t mind
Hide me babe, Hide me babe…
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Empty souls and empty hearts
We don’t choose, I’m still a
Fool for the blues