From the recording That Girl I Met From Lafayette

Long dark song! Todd Sharp & Randy Thomas's guitar solos scream & Loyce Washington's backup almost steals my song from me. My personal favorite of all the songs I've written.

Lyrics

That Girl I Met From Lafayette
 
Screamin’ down I-10, rubber burnin’ up but then a man'll do what a man’s gotta do
Come sunset… looks like Lafayette Lake Charles starin’ down my rear view
It's been a long time, your mem’ry’s eating up my mind God I gotta get back to you
Cause when your fingers snapped you knew I'd come running back 
Specially after all you put me through
 
 
Bet I'll regret the day I met that girl from Lafayette
Gonna wanna forget the day I met that girl with those Louisiana eyes
You don't even want to really know why
That girl I met from Lafayette will be the death of me yet 
 
Darlin’ is it really true that you're over you know who 
You kissed me hard & dropped us to our knees
Begging me to understand why I was the only man 
Who could put your troubled mind at ease
Intoxicated and consumed by the taste of your perfume 
I could not tell the truth from a lie
But sure as hell this honky tonk angel was bound to be the devil in disguise
 
Chorus
 
Your long legs are lockin’ your black silk stockings around me in a real tight squeeze
Spread out ‘cross your bed, tangled in your web, you whispered baby... do me as you please
Now we’re lying here as wet as two bodies can get our temperature still on the rise
With the window cracked blowin’ a breeze across my back 
I sank into your Louisiana eyes, sank into your Louisiana eyes 
Fell in love with those Louisiana eyes
 
The morning clouds are crying out loud, I rub the sleep from my eyes
The rain is right for sleepin’ late and though you really aren't awake 
Thunder cracks between our every sigh
Then in a burst of flames in screamed a-you know whose name 
He's shootin’ up everything in sight 
One pistol pointed at my head, we both are good as dead 
As he rams that other barrel between your eyes
In a pool of blood I lay here by your side 
Starin’ deep into your Louisiana eyes
   
Knew I’d regret the day I met that girl from Lafayette
Gotta forget the day I met that girl with those Louisiana eyes
She sure could tell a Louisiana lie
That girl I met from Lafayette will be the death of me yet
 

Piano: Kevin McKendree
Bass: Steve Mackey
Drums: Lynn Williams
Guitar: Todd Sharp - 1st lead
Guitar: Randy Thomas - 2nd lead & spooky guitar effects
Lap Strat: Bruce Bouton
Fiddle - Rob Hajacos
Backup vocal - Loyce Washington