Sweet Louise Lyrics

You know if the wind is rising means trouble on the way

Old Bill from '49 leaving West Cote Blanche Bay

Made a deal with a friend of a friend who didn't know his name

Old Bill from '49 sailing for the pure cocaine

On Sweet Louise

She's a setting sea

The highest tail could sure set him free

But how could he know

That he would be

In the darkest depths he knows he'll ever see

Well the friend knew all that he knew he just didn't know how to move

Cast Bill from '49 down East Quintana Roo

And for all that it's worth there was nothing left to lose

All the eye can see is green in the valleys of Peru

On Sweet Louise

She's a setting sea

The highest tail could sure set him free

But how could he know

That he would be

In the darkest depths he knows he'll ever see

Bill wandered in on time and he met the men for trade

He knew how to read his lines and how to sniff the blade

Set sail on Sweet Louise not knowing what she weighed

Homeward bound with familiar sounds in the Bay of Chimbote

On Sweet Louise

She's a setting sea

The highest tail could sure set him free

But how could he know

That he would be

In the darkest depths he knows he'll ever see

Old Bill from '49 came hauling quite the load

You know he found two hundred pounds in return for what he's owed

The friend could have paid Old Bill and he could have let him go

Well instead he shot him dead in the Gulf of Mexico

On Sweet Louise

She's a setting sea

The highest tail could sure set him free

How could he know

That he would be

In the darkest depths he knows he'll ever see