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mean mary (mary james) - sweet jezebel lyrics

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in louisian’ where swamp is land and cotton falls like snow
where alligators slink, mosquitos drink, and wild things love to grow
it was past midnight, i had one headlight and my gas pedal on the floor
i was tired of watching clocks, taking hard knocks, and locking my dreams in a drawer

up ahead in the night a deer took flight as warm rain started to fall
heard my tires squeal as i jerked the wheel and drove straight into an oak tree wall
my head in a daze, i escaped through a maze of busted steel and gl-ss
in silk pantyhose with holes in the toes, i started running through the tall wet gr-ss

i saw a house all alone, as bare as a bone, like someone had thrown it away
it reeked of smoke and neglect that choked memories of a better day
i stood at the door, soaked to my core and feeling just a little insane
when the door opened wide, a man stood inside and said come in out of the rain
come in out of the rain

his eyes were dark like the eyes of a shark, and his face was neither young nor old
i paused for a beat before moving my feet and crossing that wide threshold
it was a summer night and a fire burned bright, but i began to shiver and shake
he gave me a coat of fur, a smile demur, and a plate full of devil’s food cake

he sat down on a chair like a lion in his lair and lit up a thin cigar
with an air of conceit, reached down by his feet and picked up a red guitar
he ran his hand down the strings like his fingers were wings and a strange silence fell
he said “this is my story my life and my glory, oh, this is my sweet jezebel”

jezebel was slim with ebony trim, and i stared in wonder and awe
her neck was inlaid with pearl and jade, and i couldn’t find one single flaw
he started to play, and i started to pray as that fire burned hotter than h-ll
and i could feel a hole burning clear through my soul as i listened to sweet jezebel
i listened to sweet jezebel

she sang about sin and places she’d been, and i found myself lost in her spell
murder and lies, deceit and disguise, was the song of sweet jezebel
like a siren of the sea she sang it to me, and each note was calling my name
and the harder i fought, the closer i got, to standing in that red-hot flame

a faint morning glow, through a dusty window, washed over me like a flood
and the song of a sparrow came straight as an arrow through that guitar red as blood
there was fear and surprise in those cold shark eyes as i reached for sweet jezebel
and the flames leapt higher as straight into the fire i threw that guitar back to h-ll
threw that guitar back to h-ll

an unholy scream cut through my dream, and i woke with my head on the dash
my car smelled of smoke from the rain that had choked the fire that flamed from the crash
i jumped from my seat away from that heat and kneeled on that rain-soaked ground
i prayed till i cried, till the fear in me died, and on that lonely road i was found

never again will i be taken in by a stranger in the night
i take the path narrow and the song of a sparrow leads me straight into the arms of the light
but sometimes in the dark i see the eyes of a shark, and i’m lost in a dream for a spell
before i can wake, i eat devil’s food cake and hear again sweet jezebel
hear again sweet jezebel

- mean mary mary james lyrics

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