Yazoo Street Scandal

Song Yazoo Street Scandal
Artist Bob Dylan
Artist The Band
Album The Basement Tapes

Lyrics

[00:10.16] Stranded out in the night,
[00:11.92] Eliza took me down
[00:14.76] To see the widow give
[00:17.95] Rain to the town.
[00:21.11] It's against the law
[00:24.28] To be a tonic man,
[00:27.31] But the widow knows
[00:30.47] She's got the upper hand.
[00:33.21] So I went on in
[00:36.80] Feelin' kinda wheezy.
[00:39.75] You know she soothed my mind, boys,
[00:43.01] She rocked me kinda slow and easy
[00:45.20] All day and all night.
[00:50.06]
[00:52.69] Pick a card before you go
[00:55.30] It's a long trip to Mexico.
[00:58.12]
[01:07.04] Eliza wait by the door,
[01:08.06] I can't stay here anymore, no, no.
[01:12.94]
[01:18.29] Then she took a pill
[01:20.60] She washed her feet in the mud
[01:23.65] She said "Look out son,
[01:26.07] You know, I just ordered a flood
[01:29.10] For forty days and forty nights".
[01:32.87]
[01:36.82] Then I dropped my shoes,
[01:39.34] Eliza called my name.
[01:42.63] She said it looked to her
[01:45.51] Like it's gonna rain.
[01:48.32] Then the cotton king
[01:51.85] Came in chokin'
[01:57.40] And the widow laughed and said:
[02:00.61] "I ain't jokin'.
[02:02.69] Take once for all"
[02:04.15] She said "Now don't ya tease me.
[02:07.60] I just fell in love, boy,
[02:10.21] So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy,
[02:14.52] All day and all night."
[02:17.60]
[02:30.72] Sweet William said
[02:32.53] With a drunken head:
[02:36.09] "If I had a boat,
[02:39.04] I'd help y'all float".
[02:41.50] Eliza stood there watching,
[02:46.91] William in a trance,
[02:48.13] As the widow did the St. Vitus dance.
[02:54.84] But just then an old man
[02:57.32] With a boat named "Breezy"
[03:00.40] Said: "You can ride with Clyde, boys,
[03:03.56] If you rock it kinda slow and easy,
[03:10.33] All day and all night".