Late late night in the deep deep south
Where they used to hang a nigger just for shootin’ his mouth
Now they got them a tanning salon like in Beverly Hills
They got a McDonalds and a shopping mall
They got enough stuff so they don’t feel small
The new license plates from Baton Rouge are swell

I used to like Louisiana ‘cause it sounded kinda French
But the mosquitoes have made war against my blood
And I’d like to poison myself just to get those little bastards
Who for some reason hate me just like I now hate them
And the houses make faces at me like when I was four years old

Driving around in the middle of the night my dick rests hard against my thigh
If I had a pinch of cyanide I just might mix it with my Gatorade
It’s raining and there’s lightning on the horizon
And I’m making up a song just because I haven’t done it for a while
And I’m wondering if I’ve lost it all

I need a woman
Just like Adam needed Eve

The city police are startin’ to think I’m dangerous and they might be right
As I pass the five and dime again I realize that it’s me or them
Big big towns are impersonal things, but they got ways of welcoming strangers in
Small towns sit like a rusty car, then throw you back like the trash you are

I used to like Louisiana ‘cause it sounded kinda French
But the mosquitoes have made war against my blood
And I’d like to poison myself, just to get those little bastards
Who for some reason hate me just like I now hate them
And the houses make faces at me like when I was four years old

I need a woman
Just like Adam needed Eve

(lyrics: Dan Bern)