Bob Dylan – Yazoo Street Scandal Lyrics  Share

From Bob Dylan's album: The Basement Tapes

Stranded out in the night,
Eliza took me down
To see the widow give
Rain to the town.
It^,s against the law
To be a tonic man,
But the widow knows
She^,s got the upper hand.
So I went on in
Feelin^, kinda wheezy.
You know she soothed my mind, boys,
She rocked me kinda slow and easy
All day and all night.

Pick a card before you go
It^,s a long trip to Mexico.

Eliza wait by the door,
I can^,t stay here anymore, no, no.

Then she took a pill
She washed her feet in the mud
She said "Look out son,
You know, I just ordered a flood
For forty days and forty nights".

Then I dropped my shoes,
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Eliza called my name.
She said it looked to her
Like it^,s gonna rain.
Then the cotton king
Came in chokin^,
And the widow laughed and said:
"I ain^,t jokin^,.
Take once for all"
She said "Now don^,t ya tease me.
I just fell in love, boy,
So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy,
All day and all night."

Sweet William said
With a drunken head:
"If I had a boat,
I^,d help y^,all float".
Eliza stood there watching,
William in a trance,
As the widow did the St. Vitus dance.
But just then an old man
With a boat named "Breezy"
Said: "You can ride with Clyde, boys,
If you rock it kinda slow and easy,
All day and all night".
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