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Luanne's fat lip is drying

The bastards bacon, frying

The shiner 'round her eye

Gone bust and bleeding

He shouts girl set the table

But he knows she ain't able

Her arms done broke

And limp like yoke

And softly she's repeating

Leave Luanne

Why don't you march out that door

Southern woman he ain't no good to you

Leave Luanne

Louisiana wants war

But it's you dying on her ruby plains

And yet loyal Luanne remains

Ever since he got him laid off

His sanity just made off

No, he was never

Nice but now he's cruel

He rapes her

And he beats her

She don't ‘fess how he treats her

Cause a bible verse says it won't get worse

And she won't be a fool

You won't never

Leave Luanne

Cause if you walk out that door

His truck will be gunnin' for you

No you won't

Leave Luanne

Or he'll give you what for

Ya got heart where you shoulda had brains

And so loyal Luanne remains

Some ones

Howling

Screams like sighing

With battered breath

Waiting

Growling

Never

Dying

In a fate worse than death

But months of such conditions

Turn laymen to logicians

And tonight the bastard's sleeping like a log

So she plucks the kitchen cleaver

Creeps toward his roped up lab-retriever

And she cuts the rope and hope on hope

She starts to shout

Your dogs got out

She's got her chance

With no back glance

She runs out to the bog

Screamin', screamin'

Leave Luanne

Leave Luanne

You got a life left to live

And a house hanging of the golden coast

Leave Luanne

You won't forget nor forgive

And she don't feel the stings and rips and scrapes

As finally Luanne escapes

Swim, Luanne

Swim, Luanne

And in this swamp of leeches

As the preacher preaches

As a light, in the night

Push through the Martian brushes

As the blood inside you rushes

Left and right

All your might

Until you reach the bank

And you crawl onto the bank

Till ya feel a little yank on your head

And stricken stare at the bastard

Who beat you there

The bastard lies in bed now

Half sad his wife is dead now

She drowned her self in the swamp

In wild despair

He thinks he used to love her

But pushing came to shove her

A wife disposed

A life case closed

And no one seems to care

To greive Luanne

Now no ones on his shoulder

But his mattress don't feel colder

In fact it's hellish hot

And the air is dank and steamy

Yet his body starts to shiver

When the window

Cracks a sliver

An a fiery fog form the miry bog

Pours in the room in a sticky gloom

And there the man sees dead Luanne

He's terrified

But keeps his pride

Cause he know that he isn't dreaming

And he starts screaming

Leave Luanne

Hell sent ya back here for more

Cause ain't no one ever loved you

But said Luanne

I come to settle a score

And she shows him her feet are bound and chains

And loyal Luanne remains

And remains

And remains

And remains

And remains

Some ones

Howling

Screams like sighing

With battered breath

Gaiting

Growling

Never

Dying

In a fate worse than death

Luanne she cries name

So the bastards

Will never sleep again

No no no reprieve Luanne

She brings their souls down to hell

A caution to the poorest of men

Luanne

Praise be amen

Leave Luanne by Jay Armstrong Johnson - Lyrics & Covers