Louise

Me and Louise, we never had much luck
 Just a couple of kids with a lot of love
 Laid our fortunes on her daddy's old farm
 We didn't see how dirt could do such harm
 Seasons came, the seasons left
 The only thing that changed was the shape of her dress
 She said, "You're a good man, you'll have my child
 Because you can't raise a living thing on this cursed old ground"
 We laid a sheet on the piano keys
 Crying, "Good Lord please, please"
 We packed our things into the old farm car
 Wondering if it could take us very far
 And I said, "Everything about it takes a little luck
 The gears rumble and the left door's stuck
 It doesn't come with any guarantees
 But there's gas in the tank, Louise"
 Out here on the borderline the sun sets low
 Like a couple of jackrabbits dancing in the morning snow
 We'd make it if we could just get out
 The only thing we saw was love and sow
 The miles came and the miles went
 Our hearts full our money spent
 Somewhere outside El Paso my Louise cried out
 She took my arm said, "It's time now"
 I prayed and waited all night
 Oh Louise, please, please
 I heard a new voice with the new day
 I thought back to what her daddy used to say
 He said, "Everything about it takes a little luck
 The gears rumble and the left door's stuck
 It doesn't come with any guarantees
 But there's gas in the tank, Louise"
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 Then me and Louise, we didn't go too far
 We named our boy for Louise's pop
 We found a plot of ground we could call our own
 We built a house, we built a home
 And we said, "Everything about it takes a little luck
 The gears rumble and the left door's stuck
 It doesn't come with any guarantees
 But there's gas in the tank"
 There's gas in the tank
 Yeah, there's gas in the tank, Louise
 
 Me and Louise, we never had much luck
 Just a couple of kids with a lot of love
 Laid our fortunes on her daddy's old farm
 We didn't see how dirt could do such harm
 Seasons came, the seasons left
 The only thing that changed was the shape of her dress
 She said, "You're a good man, you'll have my child
 Because you can't raise a living thing on this cursed old ground"
 We laid a sheet on the piano keys
 Crying, "Good Lord please, please"
 We packed our things into the old farm car
 Wondering if it could take us very far
 And I said, "Everything about it takes a little luck
 The gears rumble and the left door's stuck
 It doesn't come with any guarantees
 But there's gas in the tank, Louise"
 Out here on the borderline the sun sets low
 Like a couple of jackrabbits dancing in the morning snow
 We'd make it if we could just get out
 The only thing we saw was love and sow
 The miles came and the miles went
 Our hearts full our money spent
 Somewhere outside El Paso my Louise cried out
 She took my arm said, "It's time now"
 I prayed and waited all night
 Oh Louise, please, please
 I heard a new voice with the new day
 I thought back to what her daddy used to say
 He said, "Everything about it takes a little luck
 The gears rumble and the left door's stuck
 It doesn't come with any guarantees
 But there's gas in the tank, Louise"
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 Then me and Louise, we didn't go too far
 We named our boy for Louise's pop
 We found a plot of ground we could call our own
 We built a house, we built a home
 And we said, "Everything about it takes a little luck
 The gears rumble and the left door's stuck
 It doesn't come with any guarantees
 But there's gas in the tank"
 There's gas in the tank
 Yeah, there's gas in the tank, Louise