mechanical bull lyrics

[Verse 1]
Sweet Maria, there is dew
On the roses cut for you
And mechanical bulls in the plains
Railroads were spiked to
Oh! When the levee broke
Every Chevy sunk like a stone
Skipped against the riverbed
From the shore where the ripples all go to end
And sweet Maria said

[Chorus]
“For Christ’s sakes
Give me a goddamn break!”
And then the flood came and washed
Travis County, Texas, away

[Verse 2]
Stomachs stuffed full of fishing lures
The beer got warm in the coolеr
Half a bathtub frames Our Lady of Lourdes
We caught no fish, just drownеd some worms
I bumped into the devil on the street
“Don’t I know you?” he says; I says, “Maybe”
He asked me where I’m heading, I told him and, amused
The devil said, “Funny, that’s where I’m going too”
[Chorus]
“For Christ’s sakes
Give me a goddamn break!”
And then the flood came and washed
Travis County, Texas, away