Atom Smith, Burkey, Miss Emmma - Voodoo Queen

from Bass Age Big Band by Atom Smith

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Down in French quarter
East border
The steamboats still pushin' tourists
I met this fly lil honey with accent
She had me hot like some authentic cajun
Dark skin & long-legged
Henna tats form hands to her head and
Fingernails curled up at the edges
One look in her eyes
I could barely hold steady

I made promises that I knew I wouldn't keep
We did everything that night but get to sleep
While she still slept
I crept off cuz I had a flight to catch
I didn't know
She kept a lock of my hair
Sewed it in the shirt that I left on the stairs
Made a doll looked just like
Got turned when I burnt
On a voodoo queen

You know that voodoo that she do it soothes you
It moves you
Look in her eyes
She do that voodoo you know who what to do
It grooves you
It's the bayou vibe

Oh what? You didn't know
Caught me fast but you killed me slow
So what, you don't care
Left you once but I'm back right here
Oh please break ya spell
Every night I'm awake in hell
Oh yeah, once again
Break me down till I can't stand
Fill me up till I'm bout to burst
Leave me broken

Girl I lah dat hurt
I can take the pain and the grit
But break ya spell baby
Girl I'm bit
I can feel my temperature rise
Blood red lipstick paints the skies
Snakeskin boots rattle the stairs

I'm itchin like a fiend
Up biting my nails, yo
She do that voodoo it scares you don't dare to compare it to
It's a voodoo queen
She know just how to do the voodoo
No one will hear you scream
Down in New Orleans

You know that voodoo that she do, it's in you
That look in her eyes
She'll eat you alive
She'll stick it in you
The spells they consume you

This voodoo queen
Down in New Orleans
She a voodoo queen
Down in New Orlean

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from Bass Age Big Band, released October 2, 2020

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Atom Smith Los Angeles, California

Hailing from Los Angeles ATOM SMITH is a master of the collaboration. The debut solo album from the producer behind everything from Caro Emerald to official Disney remixes assembles a cast of burlesque divas, fellow DJs, swing dancers, film-makers, west-coast rappers and a Hollywood Big Band arranger for his party-in-the-studio album BASS AGE BIG BAND. Be sure to catch his videos on YouTube! ... more

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