There's a queen I know Named Maria Laveau Livin' in a home Made of skin and bone On bayou teche In the tall cane break Full Moon she'll be Dancin' with a snake Took a lock of my hair Piece of my nail Mixed em' all up Boiled em' in a pail Now I can't breath I don't sleep I can't get No relief My baby took me Down a voodoo river Break the levee Cos' I got to go with her Out of my way I gotta say That strong gris-gris Made a mess of me Under a spell A voodoo hex Watch out boy You might be next Baby I don't know But some place I read She can change her shape Be something else instead Where I kissed her skin Something in me died All summmer I've been cold Froze up inside God knows my past God know my fate Pick a number Jack Gonna have to wait My nerves are shot I feel stripped I ain't no good My back is whipped