Band The Yazoo Street Scandal Lyrics

Yazoo Street Scandal Lyrics

Stranded out in the night,

 Eliza took me down

 To see the widow give

 Rain to the town.

 It's against the law

 To be a tonic man,

 But the widow knows

 She's got the upper hand.

 So i went on in

 Feelin' kinda wheezy.

 You know she soothed my mind, boys,

 She rocked me kinda slow and easy

 All day and all night.

 

 Pick a card before you go

 It's a long trip to mexico.

 

 Eliza wait by the door,

 I can't stay here anymore, no, no.

 

 Then she took a pill

 She washed her feet in the mud

 She said "look out son,

 You know, i just ordered a flood

 For forty days and forty nights".

 

 Then i dropped my shoes,

 Eliza called my name.

 She said it looked to her

 Like it's gonna rain.

 Then the cotton king

 Came in chokin'

 And the widow laughed and said:

 "i ain't jokin'.

 Take once for all"

 She said "now don't ya tease me.

 I just fell in love, boy,

 So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy,

 All day and all night."

 

 Sweet william said

 With a drunken head:

 "if i had a boat,

 I'd help y'all float".

 Eliza stood there watching,

 William in a trance,

 As the widow _did_ the st. vitus dance.  [?]

 But just then an old man

 With a boat named "breezy"

 Said: "you can ride with clyde, boys,

 If you rock it kinda slow and easy,

 All day and all night".