Her name was Louise She came from Mississippi She had a way with her walk Her gown was really hip I met her on the corner She was looking mighty fine
Seems like now days Ain't nothin' meant to last Well, one day you've got it all And then it disappears so fast And now our love Is on and off again Well
Well, you can't keep talkin' about it Till you're stone cold blue in the face But there ain't nothing, darlin' That true love can't replace Still, you
Take the "e" train babe Take the easy train to austin Take the "e" train babe Take the easy train to austin Baby you been ridin'
Yeah I'm tired of sighing tired of worrying you too I've made up my mind what I'm gonna do I've got my clothes in a matchbox gonna forget about you I
Oh how I love you babe How I wish you were mine I would candy coat you with my affection babe And I'd love you all the time All my love is so sweet
Watching you baby, yeah Watching you all the time Watching you baby Watching you all the time Watching you destroy yourself All you do is sit around
Well, I've seen every one of the faces you wear Low, high and everything in between In your eyes are fixed on the prize like a dead man's stare, yeah
Biggest fool there ever was I let you go Now I can't survive without your touch I need you so Now baby all you've got to do Is tell me that you need
I got a friend at the bar His name is ray And I really don't know What he's trying to say His skin is black Mine is white To me there's no difference
Babe why are you seeing all those other men I can't go on much longer the way our love has been Babe I think you've got yourself into a big mess But when
The tar in the street starts to melt from the heat And the sweats runnin' down from my hair I walked 20 miles and I'm dragging my feet And I'll walk 20
You lay me down, whisper in my ear well, it may be my name you call but it's his name I hear You promised me through thick and thin you told me you loved
Look at the man with the smile on his face Looks like he's always feelin' good Sometimes you might want to take his place and sometimes I think that you
Well, I laid down last night Too tired to wake I had a chill this mornin' Too tired to shake I got a good poker hand Too tired to win I can hear my baby
Well, second guessin', first impressions There you go again You're rushing off in all directions Since I don't know when All day long you've been building
I wonder about her, I wonder where she went from here Still wonder about her but nothings comin' into clear Since she left me all alone, my days go by
Oh, there's got to be a change Things just can't stay the same Oh, there's got to be a change Things they just can't stay the same If I got any worse