Mariette

I hear the drunken howls
 comin' up from St. Charles
 here in New Orleans
 I can't complain about anything
 the sweet taste of everything
 walking down Magazine
 or down Esplanade
 before the cool oak tree shade
 and then Mariette asks
 why haven't you asked me to marry you yet
 and then a '78 Cadillac drove by
 and I seem to forget
 At Elizabeth's
 7 early evening, we
 walked back to the hotel from
 Gallier along the Mississippi River
 to the Faubourg Marigny
 stopped on Frenchman Street
 got a table outside
 and had a nice coffee
 and then Mariette asks
 why haven't you asked me to have your children yet
 then a friend of mine came and met us
 and I seemed to forget
 headin' to the airport
 lookin' at the Superdome
 thinkin' bout all the people who'd
 lost their lives and their homes
 then I look off to the east
 to the Crystal factory
 content as can be
 just to be in your company
 and then Mariette asks
 why haven't you asked me to spend
 the rest of your life with you yet and I paid
 the taxi fare and I seemed to forget