Baby, please, don't go Turn your lamp down low You got me way down here Baby, please, don't go back to New Orleans Because I love you so Turn your lamp down low; my heart is beating so So, baby, please, don't go Made me weep and moan You made me weep and

So tell me dear (tell me dear), can your heart still break If it's already stopped beating? She doesn't know, she doesn't know the kiss of death. Black is black and love is, love is death. Black cats, Black hearts, the wicked never rest. I curse the day

The way you'd love her The way you'd love to love her How's your heart been beating? How's your skin been keeping? How's the dream been going since you came back home this time? And left her out there somewhere Told her how you feel but Never really got

All your lies You'd lose a heart in your hand And I can't believe you'd make me work for it Now I understand Why I run as fast as I can Why do I breathe With what's beating in my chest? You'd think I'd learn better now 'Cause I can't get any rest

Would you hold it against me? If I said my heart was beating loud If I said I want your body now If we could escape the crowd somehow 'Cause, you feel like paradise And I need a vacation tonight So, if I said I want your body now Hey, over there Please,

So ease it off You can’t fight the friction Won’t ya tell me what to do 'Cause I’m playin' it all wrong Can’t take the pressure Don’t tell me to be strong Ease it off And your heart is beating 'Cause you know that you gotta

Take me into your loving arms Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars I'm thinking out loud Place your head on my beating heart When your legs don't work like they used to before And I can't sweep you off of your feet Will your mouth still remember

Take me into your loving arms Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars I'm thinking out loud Place your head on my beating heart When your legs don't work like they used to before And I can't sweep you off of your feet Will your mouth still remember

Better than you once knew And if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah Bring it on, bring it to me. You are the one who's creeping, You are the one who's cheating, But if you're heart is beating, You are the one who's creeping You are the one who's cheating

Hey hey hey, I'll be coming home to you You're the burning fire that my heart is beating to You're like red, white, blue, I'd do it all for you I'd fight a war and win it; you make me bulletproof I'll be your soldier Love, it's time to leave, I'm gone,