You leave in the morning for Mermentau
but you know you can't stay
'Cause you're the phantom of vodka on the kitchen floor
and you forgot how to pray
Saying "Oh, Mama don't see the same sun as me
As me no more
I'm calling a cab for my own salvation"
I leave in the morning for Mermentau but I know I can't stay
'Cause you're love is no longer an open door
And I'm falling from grace
But maybe it's not falling if I take a leap of faith
And feel forever underneath my feet now
Singing "Oh, Mama don't see the same sun as me
As me no more
I'm calling a cab for my own salvation"
But where do I go?
Papa can't even look at me
At me no more
Lord won't you send me a chariot
Send it down
Send me a chariot, oh!