Black Rose

(album: Me And Paul - 1985)

Way down in Louisiana amongst the tall grown sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a domineering hen and a rose of a different name
The first time I fell lightly I was standing in the drizzling rain
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin and a rose of a different name
The devil made me do it the first time the second time I done it on my own
Lord put a handle on a simple handed man and help me leave that black rose alone
[harmonica]
When the devil made that woman Lord she threw the pattern away
She was built for speed with the tools you need to make a new fool every day
Way down deep and dirty on the darker side of shame
You caught a cane cutting man with a bottle of gin with a rose of a different name
The devil made me do it the first time...
The devil made me do it the first time...
[guitar harmonica]