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I was born on a Louisiana road
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Soon as I could walk, I had to carry a load
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Papa left when I was just about four
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Mama died, didn't want to live no more
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Louisian', Louisian'
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Lord have mercy
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Mercy on a Louisiana man
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I heard Blind Lemon singing in the street
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I loved that sound and I loved that beat
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Led that blind man by the hand
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Deep Ellem, Texas, across the Texas borderland
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I never will forget that fatal day
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I ran into a man that kept calling me names
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Lost my temper and I cut him down
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The verdict was: guilty, I was sugarland bound
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Louisian', Louisian'
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Lord have mercy
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Mercy on a Louisiana man
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Some got six months, some got a year
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Me and my buddy doing lifetime here
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Hard, hard labor from morning 'til night
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They work me like a mule on the black-ball-line
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Wish a voodoo doctor down in New Orleans
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Mix me a potion, lay a thing on me
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Put a spell on my captain and break my chain
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Walk out of here, a free man again
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Louisian', Louisian'
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Lord have mercy
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Mercy on a Louisiana man
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Let the midnight special shine it's light on me
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Let the midnight special shine it's ever loving light on me
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Louisiana Man
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| Hans Theessink |
