Standing in the red of a bourbon street French quarter Where I met a porter who obliged me with his grin He asked me for my time, I said, "I'd a glass of wine" And in my state of mind I opened up, he jumped right in
Oh, things never turn out right Oh, some things never turn out
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Well, he kissed me in the on the way to Pat O'Briens No, it didn't take much science to discover what was When suddenly a woman with a shrunken-headed She me feel so reckless, sexless in my innocence
Oh, some things never turn out
She led me to the levy, I was helpless as a "Don't you who I am," she said, "Your Nemesis is free" I was wired like a weapon, I was dancin' the Dirvish When I woke up feverishly down at me
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From the Ark, to Noah in Asia and Gomorrah, the light and the dark Chased by the demon to the caves of the Imprisoned by the in the tales of the Turrin From original sin to original blame, for shame, for
Oh, some things never turn out Oh, things never turn out right
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