Well it was barely past eleven when my pills kicked in
That cabernet didn't hurt my cause as I stumbled down the rue
Not even half as drunk as these strangers I pass

Stumbling in and out of bars as they smoked cigars and laughed
I don't even think anyone's from here anymore


Well it's pouring in sheets down on the bayou
And we're dancing out in the quarter under the lamps
Red wine and codeine are coursing through our veins

And we never wanna go back home again

It's all art and war if it's written about

Tell me what else could ever really last
Trepidation and devastation are all that remain
Of those things we thought we'd learned from years that passed

Everything else just fades so fast

When it's pouring in sheets down on the bayou

And we're dancing out in the quarter under the lamps
Red wine and codeine are coursing through our veins
And we never wanna go back home


Don't it make you feel so helpless
Sometimes it makes you feel so lost

Your love's all I got baby
The things I thought I'd never say
Are pouring from my heart like la la la la la


The things I've forgotten are all but a few
Just a stain in the back of my mind

See I remember there's something girl
But I'm never sure just what
So I just sit here looking for a sign

One that I may never find

Well it's pouring in sheets down on the bayou

And we're dancing out in the quarter under the lamps
Red wine and codeine are coursing through our veins
And we never wanna go back home when


It's pouring in sheets down on the bayou
And we're dancing out in the quarter under the lamps

Red wine and codeine are coursing through our veins
And we never wanna go back home again


Don't it make you feel so helpless
Sometimes it makes you feel so lost
Your love's all I got baby

The things I thought I'd never say
Are pouring from my heart like la la la la la