Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done Dark lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve She told me more about me than I knew myself The fortune queen of New Orleans,

I bleed it out Digging deeper just to throw it away Just to throw it away Say your prayers and stomp it out When they bring that chorus in Yeah, here we go for the hundredth time Hand grenade pins in every line Throw 'em up and let something shine Going

Come on and let me hear your prayer I'm going down to the city, I got a home there Let me hear your hosanna Hey brother don't you sing so quiet, no I need a beacon to guide me through the night Oh let me hear your hosanna Oh my heart is tattered and my

Ah, I've been waiting Girl, you've been gone away a real long time Now I really went out of my mind I miss your lovin' when you left, baby you did Ah baby, come here, let me caress you Ah ah baby your letters, ah tell me what you missed Come here, sugar,

Since I lose my man When I say my prayers My man's gone now Ain't no use a listenin' For his tired footsteps Climbin' up the stairs Old man sorrow's Come to keep me company Whisperin' beside me

Why I never walked away Why I played myself this way Now I see your testing me pushes me away The sacrifice of hiding in a lie The sacrifice is never knowing Everything falls apart Even the people who never frown eventually break down Everything has to

As we were, so perfect, so happy Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned The music played with a calming frequency The speakers gently seeped the sound of ambient keyboards and light percussion Creating a seductive

Ah say yeah yeah yeah, say yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah I guess I'm just a stubborn kind of fellow Got my mind made up to love you I'm gonna love you In every way Everybody sings I try to put my arms around you All because I want to

Better hide your heart, better hold on tight Say your prayers, 'cause there's trouble tonight When pride and love battle with desire Better hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire Johnny saw her riding on a street car named Desire, his fate was

But I don't even know It don't get better than this And I could be chasing down a broken dream Just to where this thing is gonna lead It's a mystery Oh and ain't life a trip, no it don't get better than this No it don't get better than this Could be a