Midnight Gumbo Strut

Verse 1

Shrimp gumbo over dying flames

Warms your soul on a better day

Said to my woman "I can't eat alone"

She disappears as the darkness grows

I'll never dance again in the pale moonlight

Just another fight on the street tonight

I pray that I have the strength to stand

I'll do it twice and all over again

I guess I'll never learn to see it your way

If you're gonna go, I guess I'll stay

Chorus - Brass section

Love and lust are just L words

It all just seems so damn absurd

Crying in a dark corner of my mind

Losing something that I'll never find

Verse 2 - Screaming

To say I'm bitter doesn't seem enough

I'm cold and wet in the pickup truck

Ragged shirt clinging to by weary back

Throwing back a blue six pack

Tastes like nicotine and poor decisions

She cut out my heart with stone precision

I gave every part of me to you

Now I'm bumming smokes at quarter to two

Chorus - Brass section

Love and lust are just L words

It all just seems so damn absurd

Crying in a dark corner of my mind

Losing something that I'll never find

Instrumental - Slide Guitar