A Night in the Life of a Swamp Fox - Tony Joe White

I step off off the aeroplane

And the hall cuts through my clothes

Like I was naked

I walked down to the bagage claim

And the situation there is what I expected

My bags were left in Memphis

And I am standing there wondering what to do?

When a cat walks up from the local news

And says: Can I get an interview?

No, no, no, no I said no, no, no, no

No, no, no

Another night in the life of a swamp fox

We get into a taxi cab and we’re late

So we rush down to the Colosseum

Promotion man at the front door

And I can tell no matter what I say

That I just want to please him

He said that the tickets are selling to slow

And now it’s starting to rain

When a cat walks up with a soulful look

And says: Can you spare some change?

No, no, no, no he said no, no, no, no

No baby

Another night in the life of a swamp fox

And now we walk out on the stage

And we get into a thing called Polk Salad Annie

…Ungr for some of you never been down south…

And it’s looking like we got it made

Til it gets to the part where it says

…That the 'gators got your granny…

The people are feeling the music

And the groove is knocking me out

When a cat hollers out from the front row

And says: Can you play it wipe out?

No, no, no, no I said no, baby

No, no, no, no

Another night in the life of a swamp fox

No, I can’t play that song