The Gumbo Man lyrics
by Stan Ridgway



Water is crashin' on the rocks down belowA side window rolls down on an El DoradoHear the hush of the voices...there's a flash from insideAnd no one bothers to conceal what they cannot hideCHORUSSo if you see the gumbo manTell him now he's gotta change his planStir it left and stir it rightEat it up until it's gone from sightFrome top of the lighthouse a beacon shown downDraw a map to remember what nobody found outI woke up in the mornin'...stared in the glassI took a walk down the street, then saw you comin' pastCHORUSThere's a worry on the burnerA cold wind rushin' inAnd nobody got out, but somebody did get inThere's a creak on the stairway outside the doorBlue metal voices are beggin' for moreCHORUS---------------------------------------------------------------