Lake Pontchartrain Lyrics - You're Awful, I Love You - Ludo

I'll tell it like it happened, it was Darius and Noland and me 

Just a few po' boys trying to get up outta Missouri 

Took 55 to Louisiana, stopped by the highway to eat 

They both had crawfish, strictly chicken for me 

Back out under thunderheads, the radio was southern soul 

They interrupted Clarence Carter with a strange-ass local show 

They were sayin' 

Come down to Lake Pontchartrain 

Rest your soul and feed your brain 

That's where you will get to see 

Everything the water can be 

The rain was comin' down, the wind was howlin' outside of Slidell 

It was the kinda night that makes you think the whole world's goin' to hell 

We got off on an exit 'cause we couldn't read the map so great 

Near the Choctaw Motel, we parked to deliberate 

When out of the bayou came a man like the lake had a tongue 

He was right up on the glass, all yellow eyed 

Black teeth, bangin' on the windshield 

Screamin' like a demon at the top of his lungs 

Come down to Lake Pontchartrain 

Rest your soul and feed your brain 

Free for you and all your friends 

Crawfish 'til the bitter end 

Come down to Lake Pontchartrain 

Wade to where the shallows break 

That's where you will get to see 

Everything the water can be 

I was driving out of there as fast as a Camry could 

But the interstate was flooded and I had to take the road through the woods 

Bad move in retrospect, the road disappeared in the rain 

And I stood on the brakes when I saw the sign Lake Pontchartrain 

Darius was yelling that he saw somebody out in the swells 

He jumped out runnin' and Noland was goin' as well 

Come back, why the hell would they leave the car? 

And that's when I heard it, make no mistake 

The voices were calling them from under the lake 

Come down to Lake Pontchartrain 

Come down to Lake Pontchartrain 

Come down to Lake Pontchartrain 

Come down to Lake Pontchartrain 

The crawfish were screaming, the waves danced in time 

My friends went in deeper, the water, it climbed 

I watched in terror, the lake opened wide 

And horribly roaring, it pulled them inside 

That's how it happened, why would I lie? 

There were no bodies, I've got none to hide 

I'm just a boy, lost his friends in the rain 

Any more questions, just go and ask Lake Pontchartrain