Louisiana Rain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by treefrogdemon 

Cover art for Louisiana Rain lyrics by Tom Petty

It's supposed to be about one of the TP&TH roadies, "the English refugee", and his adventures on the road. But whether the first two verses are about him as well I'm not sure.

There's an alternative lyric to verse 2:

South Carolina put out its arms for me Right up till everything went black Somewhere on Lonely Street. And it was just that evil poison That I put up my nose Thank god for a long-neck bottle The angels' antidote

Song was on Torpedoes, but it's much older than that - from Mudcrutch days.