Lyrics Victoria Williams

Victoria Williams

Opelousas

She's cruising the streets

Making damn sure she don't run into that old man

Around him she hardly ever speaks

She slips into an old retreat

I saw her strutting in a dress

That was lucky last week

Keeping an eye out for a shady

Who's holding something sweet

Some sweet relief

Some find it in a bathtub

Or a back rub

The clothes they wear or just in the air

In the food they eat, it's something sweet

Some sweet relief

Now Opelousas is a dim-lit town by night

But the people down there

They sure know how to live right

Why, they dance by the moon

They give a party for a fight

They got that look in their eyes says

They're holding something sweet

Some sweet relief

It's in a handshake or a lucky break

In a bottle of wine or just losing some time

It's in the road you meet, oh

It's something sweet

Some sweet relief

Now you tell me you got some

I hope that's true

But you want some assurance

You'll never be blue

It's in a boat ride

On the holy side

It's at the five and ten

It's everywhere you've ever been

It's in the very words you speak

It's something sweet

Some sweet relief