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 why'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