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Sweet Shadow Man
Lavender Country
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Behind a Lousianna juke, 19 60-two
When we all knew where the Jim Crow flew
And sodomy was a huge taboo
I came creeping to you
You had a downcast eye on the back of the bus
When we was on the down low hush
But the midnight moon made my hot blood gush
When I came creeping to you
When I came creeping to you
O sweet shadow man, nap nap nappy hair
O sweet shadow man, meet you in the weeds I swear
On Saturday night when the sun went down
I was laying on my back and bare
On Sunday morning when the sun came up
I was a white Baptist in prayer
Lunch counter for me, lunch counter for you
Fountain for whites and another one too
But it came to nothing after we got through
When I came creeping to you
Can't you hear mama weep and wail
Daddy's shotgun's got rock salt and nails
He'd shoot me dead and he'd shoot me too
If he knew I was creeping to you
If he knew I was creeping to you
O sweet shadow man setting my loins on fire
O sweet shadow man fill me with your long thick spire
On Saturday night when the sun went down
I was twitching like a bird on a wire
On Sunday morning when the sun came up
I was a dirty rotten low down liar
Dirty rotten low down liar
Dirty rotten low down liar