Way down in Louisiana
Amongst the tall grown sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a Dominicker hen and a rose of a different name
Yeah, the first time I felt lightning
I was standing in the drizzling rain
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin and a rose of a different name
Yeah, the devil made me do it the first time
The second time, I've done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple handed man
Help me leave that black rose alone
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When the devil made that woman
Hey Lord, he threw the pattern away
'Cause she was built for speed with the tools you need
To make a new fool every day
Here a way down deep and dirty
Here on the darkest side of shame
You find this cane razor man doing it again with that rose of a different name
Yeah, 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
Help me leave that black rose alone
Yeah, the devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Oh Lord, put a handle on a simple handed man
Help me leave that black rose 'lone