Odessa (RatDog)

Lyrics

(Lyrics by Gerrit Graham and Russ Ellis)

I got a woman, Odessa is her name
Big brown eyes, big head on a solid frame
She got a mouth, put a junkyard dog to shame
If the river flood, woman say I brung the rain
If the quake shake, now who gonna take the blame
Way Odessa do me, got to move and change my name

Ease up, Odessa
Ease up, and take it slow
Ease up, Odessa
Woman, turn your lamp down low
Ease up off me, woman
Lighten up, and let it go

Firing off her mouth since way before she learned to crawl
Tell Odessa nothin, already knows it all
Don't venture no opinion, sure don't want to start no brawl
Odessa know it all, she knows it all better than me
Need to make no baby, already got a family
Singin me and Odessa and her big old mouth make three

Ease up, Odessa
Ease up, and take it slow
Ease up, Odessa
Woman, turn your lamp down low
Ease up off me, woman
Lighten up, and let it go

I bring home the bacon, she says she want steak
Give her cherry pie, and she says she want cake
Give her diamond ring, she say it's a fake
Give her all I got, but she won't give me a break
C'mon

Ease up, Odessa
Ease up, and draw a breath
Ease up, Odessa
Woman, just give it a rest
Ease up off me, woman
Gonna yell us both to death

I bring home the bacon, she says she want steak
Give her cherry pie, and she says she want cake
Give her diamond ring, she say it's a fake
Give her all I got, but she won't give me a break
C'mon

Ease up, Odessa
Ease up, and draw a breath
Ease up, Odessa
Woman, just give it a rest
Ease up off me, woman
Gonna yell us both to death

So I give her the world, she wouldn't take it on a bet
Ever since I met her, woman ain't done yelling yet
Odessa, won't you tell me why the hell you so upset
Big-legged woman, Odessa is her name
Got big brown eyes, big head on a solid frame
She got a mouth, put a junkyard dog to shame

Ease up, Odessa
Ease up, and take it slow
Ease up, Odessa
Woman, turn your lamp down low
Ease up off me, woman
Lighten up, and let it go
Ease up off me, woman
Lighten up, and let it go
Ease up off me, woman
Ease up off me, woman
Ease up off me, woman...
Lighten up, and let it go