Yazoo Street Scandal - The Band

Standin' out in the night

Delilah took me down

To see the widow bring

Rain to the town

It’s against the law

To be a tonic man

But the widow know

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 kinda easy

All day and all night

«Pick a card 'fore you go--

It’s a long trip to Mexico.»

'Lilah waited 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 started a flood

For forty days and forty nights»

Then I got my shoes

And 'Lilah called my name

She said it looked to her

Like it gonna rain

Then the Cotton King

He came in chokin'

And the widow laughed and said:

«I ain’t jokin'--

Think what you want»

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»

Delilah stood there watching

William in a trance

And the widow seized by 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 kinda easy

All day and all night»