Stranded out in the night   Eliza took me down   To see the widow give   Rain to the town      It's against the law   To be a tonic man   But the widow knows   She's got the upper hand      So I went on in   Feelin' kinda wheezy   You know she soothes my mind, boys   She rocked me kinda slow and easy   All day and all night      Pick a card before you go   It's a long trip to Mexico   Eliza waiting by the door   I can't stay here anymore, no, no, no, no      Then she took a pill   She washed her feet in the mud   She said, "Look out son   You know, I just ordered a flood   For forty days and forty nights"      Then I dropped my shoes   Eliza called my name   She said it looked to her   Like it's gonna rain      Then the cotton king   He came in chokin'   And the widow laughed and said   "I ain't jokin'"      "Take once for all"   She said, "Now don't you tease me   I just fell in love, boy   So rock me kinda slow and rock me kinda easy"      Sweet William said   With a drunken head   "If I had a boat   I'd help y'all float"      Eliza stood there watching   William in a trance   As the widow [Incomprehensible]   The St.Vitus dance      But just then an old man   With a boat named, 'Breezy'   Said, "You can ride with Clyde, boys   If you rock it kinda slow and rock it kinda easy   All day and all night"