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Louisa
Please come home, girl
Been three long years
Since we saw you last
Louisa
I promise you
We'll leave the past in the past
Once a year since I left on my own
My mamma's gonna blow up my telephone
"Louisa" she cries, "why'd you run away
The night before your poor sister's wedding day?"
I admit, I did that purposefully
You know my sister Carol wasn't nice to me
I'm singing ooh yeah baby
Gonna hurt ya good
Suck it, Carol (Next time, maybe, treat me like you should, yeah)
My whole plan succeeded flawlessly
Except that stupid Paul caught a glimpse of me
"Louisa" he said, "where's your bus off to?"
I smiled and said, "Paul, just got shit to do"
Off the bus, a couple transfers then
A train to some new city where I'd start again
But as I left the station (Louisa, please come home)
I panicked I'd be found (Please come home, girl)
A fatal complication (Come back, Louisa)
But as I looked around
Nobody sees you
No one at all
Didn't you know, you're invisible
Blend in the background
A cipher at most
Flesh and blood
But a conspicuous ghost
Nobody sees you
Isn't is queer?
You may be somewhere
But girl, not here
Look in their eyes
Not a soul do they see
Now who is Louisa? (Who is Louisa?)
She sure ain't me
Who is Louisa?
Seasons passed
I got a place to stay
With darling Mrs Jewel, I called Mrs J
Louisa, it seems stayed a red hot case
And often on the news they'd display my face
I tense up and shake like such a fool
Until I turned to Mrs J and asked real cool
"Oh don't I look like her here?" (Louisa, Louisa)
I mean, the match was plain (please come home, girl)
She took one look and said
"Sure dear (Come back, Louisa)
My dear don't be so vain"
Nobody sees you
No one at all
Didn't you know, you're invisible
Blend in the background
A cipher at most
Flesh and blood
But a conspicuous ghost
Nobody sees you
Isn't is queer?
You may be somewhere
But girl, not here
Look in their eyes
Not a soul do they see
Now who is Louisa? (Who is Louisa?)
She sure ain't me
Everything was going great
Everything was set, I had a job and all
Then a tragic twist of fate
Though three years had passed
I had to run into Paul
"Louisa" he cried with his stupid voice
"You have to come home and you don't have a choice"
And as Paul paid our taxi
I had the strangest thought
Truth was I wanted to come back, see (Come back, Louisa)
I wanted to be caught
Mother, it's good to see you
You're not Louisa
Nor she before
Paul's brought so many
I've simply lost score
It's breaking our family
It isn't some game
Tell me straight
What's your actual name?
Louisa
We're sure you know secrets
That only she'd know
Here's 20 dollars
I think you should go
One look in your eye
It's a stranger I see
You're not Louisa
I am Louisa
Nobody sees you
No one at all
Didn't you know, you're invisible
Blend in the background
A cipher at most
Flesh and blood
But a conspicuous ghost
Nobody sees you
Isn't is queer?
You may be somewhere
But girl, not here
Look in their eyes
Not a soul do they see
Now who is Louisa?
She sure ain't me