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Current version of Ludo Lyrics Lake Pontchartrain (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/l/ludo/lake-pontchartrain/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Ludo Lyrics Lake Pontchartrain (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/l/ludo/lake-pontchartrain/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| I'll tell it like it happened, it was Darius and Noland and me | I'll tell it like it happened, it was Darius and Noland and me | |||||||||||
| just a few po' boys trying to get up out of Missouri. | just a few po' boys trying to get up out of Missouri. | |||||||||||
| Took 55 Louisiana, stopped by the highway to eat | Took 55 Louisiana, stopped by the highway to eat | |||||||||||
| They both had crawfish, strictly chicken for me | They both had crawfish, strictly chicken for me | |||||||||||
| Back out under thunderheads, the radio was Southern soul. | Back out under thunderheads, the radio was Southern soul. | |||||||||||
| They interrupted Clarence Carter with a strange-ass local show. They were sayin': | They interrupted Clarence Carter with a strange-ass local show. They were sayin': | |||||||||||
| [Chorus] | [Chorus] | |||||||||||
| "Come down to Lake Pontchartrain | "Come down to Lake Pontchartrain | |||||||||||
| Rest your soul and feed your brain | Rest your soul and feed your brain | |||||||||||
| That's where you will get to see everything the water can be." | That's where you will get to see everything the water can be." | |||||||||||
| The rain was comin' down, the wind was howlin' outside of Slidell | The rain was comin' down, the wind was howlin' outside of Slidell | |||||||||||
| It was the kinda night that makes you think | It was the kinda night that makes you think | |||||||||||
| the whole world's goin' to hell | the whole world's goin' to hell | |||||||||||
| We got off on an exit 'cause we couldn't read the map so great | We got off on an exit 'cause we couldn't read the map so great | |||||||||||
| Near the Choctaw Motel, we parked to deliberate | Near the Choctaw Motel, we parked to deliberate | |||||||||||
| 1 | when out of the bayou came a man like the lake had a tongue. | when out of the bayou came a man like the lake had a tounge. | 1 | |||||||||
| He was right up on the glass, all yellow-eyed, | He was right up on the glass, all yellow-eyed, | |||||||||||
| black teeth, bangin' on the windshield | black teeth, bangin' on the windshield | |||||||||||
| screamin' like a demon at the top of his lungs: | screamin' like a demon at the top of his lungs: | |||||||||||
| [Chorus] | [Chorus] | |||||||||||
| "Come down to Lake Pontchartrain | "Come down to Lake Pontchartrain | |||||||||||
| Rest your soul and feed your brain | Rest your soul and feed your brain | |||||||||||
| Free for you and all your friends, crawfish 'til the bitter end. | Free for you and all your friends, crawfish 'til the bitter end. | |||||||||||
| Come down to Lake Pontchartrain | Come down to Lake Pontchartrain | |||||||||||
| Wade to where the shallows break | Wade to where the shallows break | |||||||||||
| That's where you will get to see everything the water can be." | That's where you will get to see everything the water can be." | |||||||||||
| I was drivin' outta there as fast as a Camry could | I was drivin' outta there as fast as a Camry could | |||||||||||
| but the interstate was flooded and I had to | but the interstate was flooded and I had to | |||||||||||
| take the road through the woods. | take the road through the woods. | |||||||||||
| Bad move in retrospect, the road disappeared in the rain | Bad move in retrospect, the road disappeared in the rain | |||||||||||
| 2 | and I stood on the brakes when I saw the sign: | and I stood on the break when I saw the sign: | 2 | |||||||||
| "Lake Pontchartrain..." | "Lake Pontchartrain..." | |||||||||||
| Darius was yelling that he saw somebody out in the swells. | Darius was yelling that he saw somebody out in the swells. | |||||||||||
| He jumped out runnin' and Noland was goin' as well. | He jumped out runnin' and Noland was goin' as well. | |||||||||||
| "Come back!" Why the hell would they leave the car? | "Come back!" Why the hell would they leave the car? | |||||||||||
| And that's when I heard it - make no mistake - | And that's when I heard it - make no mistake - | |||||||||||
| the voices were calling them from under the lake: | the voices were calling them from under the lake: | |||||||||||
| "Come down to Lake Pontchartrain... | "Come down to Lake Pontchartrain... | |||||||||||
| Come down to Lake Pontchartrain... | Come down to Lake Pontchartrain... | |||||||||||
| Come down to Lake Pontchartrain... | Come down to Lake Pontchartrain... | |||||||||||
| Come down to Lake Pontchartrain..." | Come down to Lake Pontchartrain..." | |||||||||||
| The crawfish were screaming, the waves danced in time | The crawfish were screaming, the waves danced in time | |||||||||||
| My friends went in deeper, the water, it climbed | My friends went in deeper, the water, it climbed | |||||||||||
| I watched in terror, the lake opened wide | I watched in terror, the lake opened wide | |||||||||||
| and horribly roaring, it pulled them inside. | and horribly roaring, it pulled them inside. | |||||||||||
| That's how it happened, why would I lie? | That's how it happened, why would I lie? | |||||||||||
| There were no bodies, I've got none to hide. | There were no bodies, I've got none to hide. | |||||||||||
| I'm just a boy, lost his friends in the rain | I'm just a boy, lost his friends in the rain | |||||||||||
| Any more questions, just go and ask Lake Pontchartrain. | Any more questions, just go and ask Lake Pontchartrain. | |||||||||||
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