Yazoo Street Scandal Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Yazoo Street Scandal

[by j.r. robertson]



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,
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".