Bay st Louis girl

Verse 1]

I’m a Mississippi boy

With a Louisiana number

County chain on my boots

And a hole in my jumper

Bay St. Louis in my head

Like salt on a fresh-cut stone

You came in wearing Sunday

And I knew I was gone

You laughed like a promise

I ain’t got no right

Pretty as a postcard

Gone before night

They call me trouble

I call your name

Bay St. Louis girl

You shine too bright

Bay St. Louis girl

For a man like me tonight

I keep on reaching

I keep on trying

Bay St. Louis girl

I’m still not quitting

I’m locked in a block of concrete

On the wrong side of the line

Counting dents in the table

And your face in my mind

Your world’s clean linen

Mine’s iron bars

Still I see that smile

Like it’s written in stars

You pass through my thinking

Like wind through pines

I’m stuck in this place

But you’re free and fine

They call me foolish

I call your name

Bay St. Louis girl

You shine too bright

Bay St. Louis girl

For a man like me tonight

I keep on reaching

I keep on trying

Bay St. Louis girl

I’m still not quitting

Maybe I’m too rough

Too broke, too worn

But a hard-luck man

Can still want more

If I ever get out

I’ll drive that coast

With my heart in my hands

And my best black coat

Bay St. Louis girl

You shine too bright

Bay St. Louis girl

For a man like me tonight

I keep on reaching

I keep on trying

Bay St. Louis girl

I’m still not quitting

I’m still not quitting

No, I’m still not quitting

Bay St. Louis girl