When I think of you Baton Rouge. I think of a Mariachi band. I think of sixteen and a crisp green football field. I think of a girl I never had. When I think of you Baton Rouge. I think of a back seat in a car. Windows are foggy and so are we. as the police asked for our I.D.. So helpless. so helpless. Ooohhh ooohhh so helpless. ooohhh so helpless. Ooohhh so helpless. so helpless. Well I once had a car lost it in a divorce. the judge was a woman of course. She said give her the car and the house and your taste. or else I set the trial date. So now when I think of you Baton Rouge. and the deep southern belles with their touch. I wonder where love ends and hate starts to blush. in the fields in the swamps in the rush. In the terra-cotta cobwebs of your mind. when did you start seeing me as a spider spinning web. Of malicious intent and you as poor poor me. at the fire at the joint this disinterred and broken mount. in the bedroom in the house where we were unmarried. So helpless so helpless. so helpless. So helpless so helpless. so helpless. When was I the villain in your heart. putting the brake on your start. you slapped my face and cried and screamed. that's what marriage came to mean. The bitterest ending of a dream. You wanted children and I did not. was that what it was all about. You might get a laugh when you hear me shout. you might get a laugh when you hear me shout. I wish I had. . So helpless so helpless. so helpless. So helpless so helpless. so helpless. Sometimes when I think of Baton Rouge. I see us with two and a half strapping sons. One and a half flushed daughters preparing to marry. and two fat grandsons I can barely carry. Daddy uncle family gathered there for grace. a dog in a barbecue pit goes up in space. The dream recedes in the morning with a bad aftertaste. and I'm back in the big city worn from the race of the chase. what a waste. So thanks for the card the announcement of child. and I must say you and Sam look great. Your daughter's gleaming in that -. - white wedding dress with pride. sad to say I could never bring that to you that wide smile. So I try not to think of Baton Rouge. or of a of a of a Mariachi band. Or of sixteen and a crisp green football field. and the girl and the girl I never had. So helpless so helpless. so helpless. So helpless so helpless. so helpless.