From the Album: Stompin' Ground (SBS Records)
Lafayette MIchelle Malone (STRANGE BIRD SONGS/ASCAP)
The French Broad River runs long and deep down from the black mountain snow And every time that I get down hearted thats where my mind will go
Just a running deep and slow like Im rocking away in your loving arms
You can sweet-talk me when you do your duty, but please dont you do no harm
Lafayette, dont ya make me beg
Sil vous plais, Ill be your rocking chair, Ill be your guitar - play me
Baby, let me follow you down to the river and drink
Well, I have been all around the world from Amsterdam to Asheville
But I never thought that Id give up my freedom til I got tied up in the Delta
I said no to the devil, but he paid no mind, Hallelujah, honey, youre the loving kind
If I had my way Id keep your angel wings wrapped down around my thigh
Singing Lafayette, dont ya make me beg
Sil vous plais, Ill be your rocking chair, Ill be your guitar - play me
Baby, let me follow you down to the river and drink
Baby, let me follow you down to the river and drink
Lafayette, dont ya make me beg
Sil vous plais, Ill be your hand me down, Ill be your blue jean baby
Oh, Lafayette, dont ya go just yet
Ill be your Juliette, cmon lets stop talking