Alice Jane
She was halfway cross Atchafalaya Swamp Freeway when he caught her
Flyin’ 95 in that four-wheel drive her filthy rich daddy bought her
Beer-bellied sheriff of Iberville Parish said darlin’ I could lock you up
But it’ll cost you nothin’ for a little somethin’ if ya let me inside of your truck
Alice Jane likes a good game
Alice Jane don’t know no shame
A flash of her blue eyes, a peek at her thighs, next thing ya know she’s holdin’ his gun
It’s a wild, wild time on her passenger side and the fun had just begun
Just for kicks she wet her cherry lips, he leaned back with a big ol’ grin
He lost it fast when she punched the gas burnin’ rubber to the end of that bridge
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Smokey white moon beams lit the Cypress trees that were huggin’ the Henderson levee
He was pale as the ghost of Marie Leveau when he climbed down outta that Chevy
She never pulled the trigger, no her plan was bigger to make him pay for what he’d done
Them alligators in that swampy basin went to town when she made him jump
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Derek Toomey: Lyrics
Evangeline
Down in Evangeline that Cajun Mardi Gras
Makes a boy a man it’s a rite of passage in the swamp
The French call it Courir, runs in our bayou blood
A far cry from Bourbon Street on gravel and red mud
Beggin’ the townfolk for onions, rice and roux
Purple, green and gold parade of crazy costumed fools
Drinkin’ beer and eatin’ boudin soon as the sun comes up
Doin’ handstands on horseback, everything a coonass loves
Down in Evangeline, Louisianne
Laissez les bon temps rouler
Down in Evangeline we’re bringing back
A feast on Fat Tuesday
Wait for the flag young fellas, the capitaine says
Don’t you get overzealous, don’t chase those chickens yet
You gotta sing and dance for farmer Thibodeaux
So he’ll throw a big fat hen down from his roof for your gumbo
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Later on at the evenin’ fais dos dos
Everyone will be groovin' to Zydeco
Singing Hey Good Lookin'
And you know what we’ll be cookin'
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Laissez les bon temps rouler
All the way to Ash Wednesday
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Footprints on the Water
Lord is everything alright in this world
Cuz it feels evil to the core
Why do good people die and the bad ones live
What good is faith anymore
Forgive my raw emotion
But there’s a storm on the ocean
Oh I’m reaching out
Trying not to drown
Can you hear my prayer
Do you even care
Believing is getting harder
It'd be easy Father if I saw
Your footprints on the water
How can innocent man get 40 years
Pay for a crime when it wasn’t him
Why do some people hate anybody else
If they don’t think just like them
Are the answers to my questions
In an ancient Bible lesson
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Pull me close
Show me hope again
Don’t you know I need your hand
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Happy Cry
Been away so long
I been blue missin' you
Yea this trip back home
Well it’s long overdue
You know I cried so many nights
But this time when I cry
It’s a happy cry, happy cry
This old town don’t seem
As small as I recall
I guess I thought my dreams
Were bigger that’s all
Dreams crash and burn to ash
But I’m alright, these tears are my
Happy cry, happy cry
You know I stayed away cuz it hurt like hell
After you lost your fight
I locked up all the pain inside myself
Then my life flew right by
Oooh flew right by
Gotta go now
I got fences to mend
I been missin' out
On our family and friends
When these flowers wilt, I’ll love you still
I got your eyes, now we both cry
A happy cry, happy cry
Happy cry, happy cry
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In God’s Eyes and Mine
I will pray for you my friend
Life can be hard to comprehend
When the light of day is tough to face
Look within to find your strength
I know all you want to do now is surrender
You feel broken and defeated but remember
The greatest race you’ll ever win is the one that faith won’t let you lose
Everything is possible, the unstoppable is inside you
In your heart and your soul, you are so beautiful
In God’s eyes and mine
I just want to hold your hand
Let you know I understand
Tomorrow is a precious gift
Today gives us reason to live
No one’s perfect, we all hurt inside and cry sometimes
Don’t give up on hope and you will find your place to shine
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I believe in you and I know He does too
In your heart and your soul, you are so beautiful
In God’s eyes and mine
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Jesse
Jesse what’s going on
Are you alright
Girl there’s trouble in your eyes
Did Johnny light the fuse that set you off
Jesse what’s going on
There’s a fire burning bright
But it ain’t love
Love has died
And it rages on tonight
Jesse you’re justified
You’ve already done your time
Jesse you look like hell
What’s on your face
Is that blood, is the baby OK
I smell gasoline, I hear sirens yell
Jesse you look like hell
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Oooh you gave your hand to him
Oooh he gave you the back of his
Oooh nothin’ else you could do
Jesse it was him or you
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Oh Jesse, Jesse what’s going on
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Kiss on the Wind
Love is a crazy thing
Has a way to make your little heart sing about forever
Then it lets you down
Hope is a savin' grace
Feels like sun smiling on your face when you’re under
That big dark cloud
Have a little faith, it’ll all work out
Happiness is just a kiss on the wind
Pass it on and it will find you again
Whenever troubles come your way remember this
Happiness is just a kiss on the wind
Time flies when you’re gettin' old
Makes you wonder where it all goes and if you’re doin'
What you were born to do
Peace comes from inside
Search your soul and you will find the truth in
What lies deep in you
Be yourself you’ll feel good as new
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Every day that goes by is a day you can’t get back
It’s the cost of livin' so don’t spend it being sad
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Love is a crazy thing
Hope is a savin' grace
Time flies when you’re gettin' old
Peace comes from inside
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Oh Yea! (Beautiful Day)
Got a wish in my back pocket
Gonna spend it on my dreams
Watch it take off like a rocket
To the sun and back to me
Oh yea it’s a beautiful day to be a dreamer
Oh yea a beautiful day for a believer
Oh yea, oh yea, oh yea
Only one cloud in that blue sky
As far as I can see
They call that cloud number nine
And it’s where I’m gonna be
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I won’t wait for a shootin’ star to set my hopes free
Gotta let ‘em fly, follow my heart and chase my destiny
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Got a wish in my back pocket
Gonna spend it on my dreams
Watch it take off like a rocket
To the sun and back to me
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On and On and On
Will you still want me when i’m old
As years pass and time takes hold
When lines show on my face
And my hair turns gray
Will your love slip awayIf I lose everything I own
Would I face this world alone
If all I had were my name
My dreams and my faith
Would your love ever changeOr would you still love me the sameThe sun and the moon rise and they fall
Some nights the stars don't shine at all
The ocean tide comes and it goes
But not my love, not my love
My love goes on and on and onIf my body becomes weak
Would you still be strong for me
If I ever lose my way
Or my will to face the day
Would your love ever fadeOr would you still love me the sameRepeat chorusMy love goes on and on and on
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Pauper’s Grave
Feel like a king cuz I’m rich in love
You’re my fortune
You got a heart pure as gold
I’m a lucky soul
If I lost you tomorrow
I’d have nothin' at all so when I go
Lay me in a pauper’s grave
A lonely poor man’s place
Cuz I’d be down and out
Without you around
A simple cross in the dirt
Would speak a thousand words
If you’re gone when Heaven calls my name
They can lay me in a pauper’s grave
Some measure life by things they own
Baby I don’t
I count your smile and everything
You are to me
It all adds up to all I’m worth
Take you out of my world, and when I leave this earth
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If I live longer than this love
I’d be sad and broken so when I turn to dust
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Stuff
You say it’s your stuff that gets between me and you
Just when I think we’re doing good
Stuff from your past won’t leave you alone and if you were me
You’d run from you fast as you could
But I ain’t gonna nowhere
So face your demons while I’m standin' here
Go and cry let it out scream and shout
I ain’t afraid to love you out loud
C’mon and fall into me let your heart bleed
I’ll be on my knees when your world comes crashin' down
Helpin' you pick the pieces up
Don’t you know baby
Baby all of your stuff is my stuff
You lost innocence, your self-worth, you got a raw deal
It’s toxic water under that bridge
Complicated life, beautiful soul, you come a long way
Quit blamin' yourself, you were only a kid
Now that you are older
Give me some of that weight on your shoulders
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To tell the truth we all got chains
I carry yours in my veins
I feel your pain
Let me feel your rain
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