Come with me baby by the dawn's early light
where the big boys are talking and they think they're right
where the carnival is going and the circus is on
and the boys in the back keep doing things wrong
let's go baby go baby, where i don't know
i'm just trying to get out of West Monroe

there's a man at the bar downing a drink
you buy him another, he'll tell you what he thinks
it's a TV nation and you can't turn it off
where a hard headed man whose belly's gone soft
is holding his woman and they're moving slow
just trying to get out of West Monroe

the bar's heating up now, the people are thick
the smoke is dancing to some hip old lick
this ashtray is crowded, there's no room to move
the mockingbird's singing, losing her groove
there's nowhere to run baby, nowhere to go
just trying to get out of West Monroe

see the ghost with the wig and the long golden chains
asking for all...all the girls' names
don't i know you? ain't i seen you before?
can you touch me baby? i need a little more
and just one more question before i go...
what's the best way out of West Monroe?

come with me baby by the dawn's early light
where the big boys are talking and they think they're right
where the carnival's going and the circus is on
and the boys in the back keep doing things wrong
let's go baby go baby, where i don't know
i'm just trying to get out of West Monroe