Yazoo Street Scandal

Lyrics: Robbie Robertson
Music: Robbie Robertson

Played by Luther Dickinson with Phil Lesh & Friends in November 2013.

Stranded out in the night
Eliza took me down
To see the widow give
Rain to the town
It's against the law
To be a tonic man
But the widow knows
She's got the upper hand
So I went on in
Feelin' kinda wheezy
You know she soothed my mind, boys
She rocked me kinda slow and easy
All day and all night

Pick a card before you go
It's a long way to Mexico

Eliza wait by the door
I can't stay here anymore, no

Then she took a pill
She washed her feet in the mud
She said, look out son
You know, I just ordered a flood
For forty days and forty nights
Forty days and forty nights
Forty days and forty nights
All day and all night

Then I dropped my shoes
Eliza called my name
She said it looked to her
Like it's gonna rain
Then the cotton king
Came in chokin'
And the widow laughed and said
I ain't jokin'
Take once for all
She said, now don't ya tease me
I just fell in love, boy
So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy
All day and all night
All day and all night

Sweet William said (note 1)
With a drunken head
If I had a boat
I'd help y'all float
Eliza stood there watching
William in a trance
As the widow did the St. Vitus dance
But just then an old man
With a boat named Breezy
Said, you can ride with Clyde, boys
If you rock it kinda slow and easy
All day and all night