Written by Lucinda Williams

I had to go back to that house one more time
To see if Camellias were in bloom
For so many reasons it's been on my mind
The house on Belmont Avenue

Built up on cinderblocks off of the ground
What with the rain and the soft swampy land
By the sweet honeysuckle that grew all around
Were switches when we were bad

Chorus: I took a bus to Baton Rouge....etc.,

All the front rooms were kept closed off
I never liked to go in there much
Sometimes the doors they'd be locked
'Cause there were precious things I couldn't touch

The company couch covered in plastic
Little books about being saved
The dining room table nobody ate at
And the piano nobody played



(Repeat Chorus)

There was this beautiful lamp I always loved
A seashore was painted on the shade
It would turn around when you switched on the bulb
And gently rock the waves

The driveway was covered with tiny white seashells
A fig tree stood in the backyard there are other things I remember, as well
But to tell them would be just too hard

Ghosts in the wind that blow through my life
Follow me wherever I go

I'll never be free from these chains inside
Hidden deep down in my soul




» 2 Cool 2 Be Forgotten
» 2 Kool 2 Be 4-gotten
» Abandoned
» Am I Too Blue
» American Dream
» Are You Down
» Big Red Sun Blues
» Bleeding Fingers
» Blue
» Broken Butterflies
» Bus to Baton Rouge
» Can't Let Go
» Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
» Changed The Lock
» Changed the Locks
» Cold Cold Heart
» Concrete and Barbed Wire
» Cresent City
» Dark Side Of Life
» Drunken Angel
» Essence
» Fruits of My Labor
» Get Right With God
» Great Speckled Bird
» Greenville
» Hang Down Your Head
» Happy Woman Blues
» Hard Road
» He Never Got Enough Love
» Here In California
» Hot Blood
» Howlin' at Midnight
» I Asked for Water (He Gave Me Gasoline)
» I Envy The Wind
» I Just Wanted to See You So Bad
» I Lost It
» Jackson
» Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
» Joy
» King of Hearts
» Lafayette
» Lake Charles
» Lately
» Like a Rose
» Likea Rose
» Lines Around Your Eyes
» Little Angel, Little Brother
» Lonely Girls
» Louisiana Man
» Main Road
» Maria
» Memphis Pearl
» Metal Firecracker
» Minneapolis
» Motherless Children
» Nothing In Rambling
» One Night Stand
» Out of Touch
» Passionate Kisses
» Pineola
» Positively 4th Street
» Price to Pay
» Prove My Love
» Pyramid of Tears
» Rambling on My Mind
» Reason to Cry
» Return Of The Grievous Angel
» Right In Time
» Righteously
» Rollin Along
» Rolling Along
» Sharp Cutting Wings
» Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet)
» Side of the Road
» Sidewalks of the City
» Six Blocks Away
» Something About What Happens When We Talk
» Steal Your Love
» Still I Long for Your Kiss
» Stop Breaking Down
» Sundays
» Sweet Old World
» Sweet Side
» Those Three Days
» Ventura
» Which Will
» Words Fell
» World Without Tears

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