Stranded out in the night,
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Eliza took me down
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To see the widow give
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Rain to the town.
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It's against the law
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To be a tonic man,
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But the widow knows
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She's got the upper hand.
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So I went on in
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Feelin' kinda wheezy.
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You know she soothed my mind, boys,
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She rocked me kinda slow and easy
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All day and all night.
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Pick a card before you go
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It's a long trip to Mexico.
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Eliza wait by the door,
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I can't stay here anymore, no, no.
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Then she took a pill
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She washed her feet in the mud
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She said "Look out son,
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You know, I just ordered a flood
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For forty days and forty nights".
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Then I dropped my shoes,
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Eliza called my name.
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She said it looked to her
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Like it's gonna rain.
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Then the cotton king
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Came in chokin'
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And the widow laughed and said:
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"I ain't jokin'.
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Take once for all"
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She said "Now don't ya tease me.
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I just fell in love, boy,
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So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy,
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All day and all night."
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Sweet William said
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With a drunken head:
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"If I had a boat,
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I'd help y'all float".
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Eliza stood there watching,
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William in a trance,
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As the widow _did_ the St. Vitus dance. [?]
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But just then an old man
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With a boat named "Breezy"
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Said: "You can ride with Clyde, boys,
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If you rock it kinda slow and easy,
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All day and all night".
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Yazoo Street Scandal
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| The Band |
