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🎸 Verse 1:
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She stepped down from her carriage at 10 Vermillon Street
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I took off my roustabout and slung it to her feet
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We went into her parlor and she cooled me with her fan
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But said i'll go no further with a fantasy makin' man
🎸 Verse 2:
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I said i'd walk on Ponchatrain for what you have today
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Just to drink from your deep well and i'll be on my way
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She laughed and heaven filled the room said this i give to you
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This body's wisdom is the flesh,but here's a thing or two
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Death and hell are never full
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And neither are the eyes of men
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Cats can fly from nine stories high
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And pigs can see the wind
🎸 Verse 3:
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She let me make my pallet in the moonlight on the floor
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Just outside of paradise but right in hell's back door
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The image of her nibbled at the eye of my soul
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My dreams were a hurricane and quite out of control
🎸 Verse 4:
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Then her voice came through the storm it's more than flesh i deal
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You will have to pay for any wisdom that you steal
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I awoke to tinted windows and lavender and red
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The first station of the cross is just above my head
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I awoke to gargoyles and a hard bench for my bed
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Jesus Christ and Pontias Pilate were just above my head
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Death and hell are never full
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
And neither are the eyes of men
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Cats can fly from nine stories high
E MajorE D MajorD
And pigs can see the wind