Bus To Baton Rouge Lyrics - Lucinda Williams

I had to go back to that house one more time 

To see if the camellias were in bloom 

For so many reasons its been on my mind 

The house on Belmont Avenue 

Built up on cinder blocks off the ground 

What with the rain and the soft swampy land 

By the sweet honeysuckle that grew all around 

Were switches when we were bad 

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I took a bus to Baton Rouge 

I took a bus to Baton Rouge 

All the front rooms were kept closed off 

I never liked to go in there much 

Sometimes the doors they'd be locked 'cause 

There were precious things that I couldn't touch 

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The company couch covered in plastic 

Little books about being sved 

The dining room table nobody ate at 

The piano nobody played 

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There was this beautiful lamp I always loved 

A seashore was painted on the shade 

It would turn around when you switched on the bulb 

And gently rock the waves 

The driveway was covered with 

Tiny white seashells 

A fig tree stood in the backyard 

There are other things I remember as well 

But to tell them would just be too hard 

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Ghosts in the wind that blow through my life 

Follow me wherever I go 

I'll never be free from these chains inside 

Hide deep deep down in my soul 

[Chorus]