Lucinda Williams – Bus To Baton Rouge (Guitar)

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I had to go back to that house one more time

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To see if the camellias were in bloom

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For so many reasons it's been on my mind

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The house on Belmont Avenue

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Built up on cinderblocks off of the ground

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What with the rain, the soft swampy land

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By the sweet honeysuckle that grew all around

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Were switches when we were bad

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I took a bus to Baton Rouge

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I took a bus to Baton Rouge

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All the front rooms were kept closed off

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I never liked to go in there much

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Sometimes the doors they'd be locked

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'Cause there were precious things that I couldn't touch

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The company couch covered in plastic

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Little books about being saved

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The dining room table nobody ate at

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The piano that nobody played

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I took a bus to Baton Rouge

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I took a bus to Baton Rouge

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There was a beautiful lamp I always loved

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A seashore was painted on the shade

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It would turn around when you switched on the bulb

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And gently rock the waves

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The driveway was covered with tiny white seashells

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A fig tree stood in the backyard 

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There are other things I remember as well

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But to tell them would just be too hard

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Ghosts in the wind that blow through my life

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Follow me wherever I go

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I'll never be free from these chains inside

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Hidden deep down in my soul

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I took a bus to Baton Rouge

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I took a bus to Baton Rouge

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I took a bus to Baton Rouge