Lowdown (Waits/Brennan 2006)
She's a crooked sheriff in a real straight town She opened the door, shake shake the lights go down Clover honey and the Jimson Weed Red leather skirt way up above her knees Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown She's a gone lost dirt road There ain't no way back I been told Well she's a story they all tell She's a rebel, she's a yell Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown White heat in a cold rain I'm merging here in your merging lane Jockey La Fayette, Big Eyed Al That second hand moon is shining for my girl She's a big red flag in a mean bullpen She'll steal it from you, sell it right back to you again Well, she's a wild rose, she's not settled Cold gun and ice blue metal Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown White heat in a cold rain I'm merging here in your merging lane Jockey La Fayette, Big Eyed Al The second hand moon is shining for my girl She's a cheap motel with a burned out sign She'll take care of you definitely every time She got a stolen check book and legs up to here Singing into a hairbrush, right in front of the mirror Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown Oh, my baby's lowdown
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