Goin' Down to Laurel-Steve Forbert

Well everybody here, seems to like to laugh Look at Johnny jivin' across the floor He can play the fool and make a few mistakes But all the same he'll never be a bore I'm glad to be so young talkin' with my tongue Glad to be so careless in my way Glad to take a chance and play against the odds Glad to be so crazy in my day Well I'm goin' down to Laurel It's a dirty stinkin' town yeah But me I know exactly What I'm going to find Little girl I'm goin' to see She is a fool for lovin' me But she's in love And love's a funny state of mind Well what was that you said when you had a tear Rolling down your cheek the other night I couldn't catch it all there's something going wrong I hope you got it straightened out alright Everything's so loud and everything's so fast I hear your brother married once again Yeah, the best of luck and all and try to have some fun They tell me this great life can always end Well I'm goin' down to Laurel It's a dirty stinkin' town yeah But me I know exactly What I'm going to find Little girl I'm goin' to see She is a fool for lovin' me But she's in love And love's a funny state of mind, yes it is I'm smilin' from a car, I'm goin' for a drive Feel the whistle blowin' breeze gone flying by Mirror's on the moon, echo in the sun See just a touch of madness in my eye Please don't mention rain, please don't talk of trains Please don't mention buildings burnin' down Everybody here, seems to like to laugh Either step in time or just don't hang around Well, well I'm goin' down to Laurel It's a dirty stinkin' town, yeah But me I know exactly What I'm going to find Little girl I'm goin' to see She is a fool for lovin' me But she's in love And love's a funny state of mind Oh tell me what I say now She's in love and Love's a funny state of mind Yeah