louise (song)

i'm breaking parole just to be
in the cold of that stream
dip your ankles in the cold
and send off some leaves

i left louise on the hill
and forgot how i could love her still
now i live alone
and don't pay my telephone bills



louise i set my arms on fire
to wave you home again
but the flames became a wildfire
and nobody could catch a train

i left louise on the hill
and forgot how i could love her still
i could still smell her when i
started working at the oil well



and i'm just trying to say goodbye
but i don't know how
the river runs in my blood
oh but i don't know how

i'm going down to that river
and i'm going to drink my fill
i left louise on the hill
and forgot how i could love her still

i left louise on the hill
and forgot how i could love her still
i'm going down to that river
and i'm gonna drink my fill