Karaoké Lake Pontchartrain Ludo

I'll tell it like it happened

It was Darius and Noland and me

Just a few poor boys tryna get up out of Missouri

Took Fifty-five to Louisiana

Stopped by the highway to eat

They both had crawfish

Strictly chicken for me

Back out under thunderheads the radio was Southern soul

They interrupted

Clarence Carter with a strange-ass local show

They were saying

Come down to

Lake Pontchartrain

Rest your soul and feed your brain

That's where you will get to see everything the water can be

The rain was comin' down

The wind was howlin' outside of Slidell

It was the kinda night that makes you think the whole world's goin' to hell

We got off on an exit 'cos we couldn't read the map so great

Near the Choctaw Motel we parked to deliberate

When out of the bayou came a man like the lake had a tongue

He was right up on the glass

All yellow-eyed, black teeth

Bangin' on the windshield

Screamin' like a demon at the top of his lungs

Come down to

Lake Pontchartrain

Rest your soul and feed your brain

Free for you and all your friends

Crawfish 'till the bitter end

Come down to

Lake Pontchartrain

Wade to where the shallows break

That's where you will get to see everything the water can be

I was drivin' outta there as fast as a Camry could

But the interstate was flooded and I had to take the road through the woods

Bad move in retrospect

The road disappeared in the rain

And I stood on the brakes when I saw the sign

Lake Pontchartrain

Darius was yellin' that he saw somebody out in the swells

He jumped out runnin' and Noland was goin' as well

Come back

Why the hell would they leave the car

And that's when I heard it

Make no mistake

The voices were callin' them from under the lake

Ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah ah ah

Come down to

Lake Pontchartrain

Come down to

Lake Pontchartrain

Come down to

Lake Pontchartrain

Come down to

Lake Pontchartrain

The crawfish were screamin'

The waves danced in time

My friends went in deeper

The water, it climbed

I watched in terror

The lake opened wide

And horribly roarin' it pulled them inside

That's how it happened

Why would I lie

There were no bodies

I've got nothin' to hide

I'm just a boy

Lost his friends in the rain

Any more questions just go and ask

Lake Pontchartrain