Once upon a time I was dancer Resurrecting mislaid men A payphone necromancer With glowing perfect skin Followed love around a corner To a sixteen millimetre dream Mother screamed, I tried to warn Just close your eyes for this next scene New York may destroy me LA might ignore me But the Londoners are swell and seem Like they adore me Now I drive my sedan up through Louisiana I got questions, you've got the answers Mississippi Delta, I'm your man God bless the girls up front Sweating underneath the band I'll be sailing down the river While the boys are loading up the van Mama's little helper Mississippi Delta, I'm your man I found this faded message In the sand beneath the pier It was underneath the wreckage Of a song we thought had disappeared I memorized the lyrics I tried to learn the chords But when I woke My voice was broken I found that I could sing no more Can we ever be sure That life ain't a detour? Every river bends The Amazon, and Thames and Tibor