Mean Mary - Sweet Jezebel

Click the SUBSCRIBE button to get notified when new videos are posted. https://www.meanmary.com   / meanmarymusic     / meanmarymusic     / meanmarymusic   Artist: Mean Mary Song: Sweet Jezebel Album: Year of the Sparrow lyrics & music: Mary James In Louisian’ where swamp is land and cotton falls like snow Where alligators slink, mosquitos drink, and wild things love to grow It was past midnight, I had one headlight and my gas pedal on the floor I was tired of watching clocks, taking hard knocks, and locking my dreams in a drawer Up ahead in the night a deer took flight as warm rain started to fall Heard my tires squeal as I jerked the wheel and drove straight into an oak tree wall My head in a daze, I escaped through a maze of busted steel and glass In silk pantyhose with holes in the toes, I started running through the tall wet grass CHORUS I saw a house all alone, as bare as a bone, like someone had thrown it away It reeked of smoke and neglect that choked memories of a better day I stood at the door, soaked to my core and feeling just a little insane When the door opened wide, a man stood inside and said come in out of the rain Come in out of the rain His eyes were dark like the eyes of a shark, his face was neither young nor old I paused for a beat before moving my feet and crossing that wide threshold It was a summer night and a fire burned bright, but I began to shiver and shake He gave me a coat of fur, a smile demur, and a plate full of devil’s food cake He sat down on a chair like a lion in his lair and lit up a thin cigar With an air of conceit, reached down by his feet and picked up a red guitar He ran his hand down the strings like his fingers were wings and a strange silence fell He said this is my story my life and my glory, this is my sweet Jezebel CHORUS Jezebel was slim with ebony trim, and I stared in wonder and awe Her neck was inlaid with pearl and jade, and I couldn’t find one single flaw He started to play, and I started to pray as that fire burned hotter than hell And I could feel a hole burning clear through my soul as I listened to sweet Jezebel I listened to sweet Jezebel She sang about sin and places she’d been, and I found myself lost in her spell Murder and lies, deceit and disguise, was the song of sweet Jezebel Like a siren of the sea she sang it to me, and each note was calling my name And the harder I fought, the closer I got, to standing in that red-hot flame CHORUS A faint morning glow, through a dusty window, washed over me like a flood And the song of a sparrow came straight as an arrow through that guitar red as blood There was fear and surprise in those cold shark eyes as I reached for sweet Jezebel And the flames leapt higher as straight into the fire I threw that guitar back to hell Threw that guitar back to hell An unholy scream cut through my dream, and I woke with my head on the dash My car smelled of smoke from the rain that had choked the fire that flamed from the crash I jumped from my seat away from that heat and kneeled on that rain-soaked ground I prayed till I cried, till the fear in my died, and on that lonely road I was found Never again will I be taken in by a stranger in the night I take the path narrow and the song of a sparrow leads me straight into the arms of the light But sometimes in the dark I see the eyes of a shark, and I’m lost in a dream for a spell Before I can wake, I eat devil’s food cake and hear again sweet Jezebel Hear again sweet Jezebel (Special dedication to Frank Beale who requested this video as his prize for being a top-supporter on Mean Mary's Pajama Pickin' Party - live streaming concert. Love and thanks to Lance and Janie Price for their video footage contribution to this project.)