"Opelousas (Sweet Relief)" lyrics

She's cruising the streets
Making damn sure she don't run into that old man
Well, around him she hardly even speaks
She slips into an old retreat
I saw her strutin' in a dress
Looking lucky last week
Keeping an eye out for shadys
Holding something sweet

Sweet relief
Find it in a bathtub
Or a backrub
Or the clothes they wear
Or just in the air
It's in the food you eat
Yeah it's something so sweet
It's sweet relief

Now, Opelousas is a dim-lit town by night
The folks down there they sure know how to live right
They dance by the moon, party for a friend
They've got that look in their eyes
Like they're holdin' out for something...

And finding a shoe in a junkyard heap
He pulls it out and says
"Ah, look at this!"

Sweet relief
It's in a handshake
Or a lucky break
Or a bottle of wine
Or just losing some time
It's in the road you meet
Yeah it's something so sweet
Sweet relief

Now, you tell me that you've got you some
Well I hope that's true
You want some assurance
That you'll never feel blue
Well, hell
It's in a boatride on the holy side
It's in the 5&10
It's everywhere you've ever been
It's every word you speak
It's something so sweet
Sweet relief, sweet relief, sweet...