Hitting on Louise

I was sitting on the stoop and I was talking to my pa
He was looking down from heaven and I’ll tell you what he saw:
He saw a hundred six-winged angels – they were falling on their knees;
He saw you drunked-up at the nudie bar and hittin’ on Louise.

Chorus:

Stop hittin’ on Louise, stop hittin’ on Louise
You think nobody sees you but my father always sees.
He sees the flowers of the fields, he sees the sparrows in the trees
And you can bet your life he sees you down there hittin’ on Louise

Well Louise is only sixteen but her life has been real hard
She has been passed from hand to hand just like some cheap casino card
She needs some patience and some love to help her put her mind at ease
She sure as hell don’t need some creep like you just hittin’ on Louise

(Chorus)

Well you may think maybe she likes you, you may think she’s just a squaw
So it doesn’t really matter ‘long as your wife never saw
You may think she’s looking easy, you may think that she’s a tease
But my father and the bouncer both say “Buddy, stop hittin’ on Louise”

(Chorus)

Psalm

O Father in Heaven
Av shabashaMAyim [Hebrew – Father in Heaven]
My king and creator
Come quick to my aid
The wicked surround me
They hunt me and hound me
Confuse and confound me
And I am afraid

My father and mother
My sister and brother
How we clung to each other
But now they are gone
The thunder sounds clearer
The lightning strikes nearer
I feel nothing but fe-ar
And I can’t go on

O Lord, walk beside me
The wicked deride me
But with your arm to guide me
I won’t feel alone.
I dare not demand, Lord
But you understand, Lord
Oh give me your hand, Lord
And lead me back home.

O Father in Heaven
Av shabashaMAyim
My king and creator
Come quick to my aid
The wicked surround me
They hunt me and hound me
Confuse and confound me
And I am afraid

The wicked surround me
And I am afraid

©2012 Alex Rettie (SOCAN)