Lucinda Williams - Lake Charles lyrics

He had a reason to get back to Lake Charles
He used to talk about it
He'd just go on and on
He always said Louisiana was where
He felt at home he was born in Nacogdoches
That's in East Texas, not far from the border
But he liked to tell everybody that
He was from Lake Charles

Did an angel whisper in your ear?
And hold you close, and take away your fear?
In those long, last moments

We used to drive through
Lafayette to Baton Rogue
In a yellow El Camino
Listening to Howlin' Wolf
He liked to stop in Lake Charles
Because that's the place he loved
Did you run about as far as you could go?
Down the Louisiana highway
Across Lake Pontchartrain?
Now your soul is in Lake Charles
No matter what they say

Did an angel whisper in your ear?
And hold you close, and take away your fear?
In those long, last moments

He had a reason to get back to Lake Charles
He used to talk about it
He'd just go on and on
He always said Louisiana was where
He felt at home

Did an angel whisper in your ear?
And hold you close, and take away your fear?
In those long, last moments
Did an angel whisper in your ear?
And hold you close, and take away your fear?
In those long, last moments