Club Zydeco Moon
Moonlit Temptations: Tales of Desire at Club Zydeco
Lyrics
She was a dancer at the Club Zydeco Moon
Refers to a woman who worked as a dancer at the Club Zydeco Moon.
An all night social house and all day saloon
Describes Club Zydeco Moon as an establishment that operates both as a social house at night and a saloon during the day.
She had the face and body, the devil's own desire
Highlights the woman's attractive appearance and irresistible allure, comparing it to the devil's own desire.
Her lips were full and sugar sweet as blackberry wine
Details the physical features of the woman, emphasizing her full lips and their sweetness likened to blackberry wine.
She danced around my table
Describes the woman dancing around the narrator's table.
Flashin' gris-gris eyes at me
Mentions the woman's intense and captivating gaze, described as "gris-gris eyes."
Swayin' to the tempo of a squeezebox melody
Portrays the woman moving to the rhythm of a squeezebox melody.
She reached down and snatched the folded money from my fist
Describes the woman taking money from the narrator's hand.
So easy to give into and too hard to resist
Expresses the difficulty of resisting the woman's allure.
She did her business underneath the candle light
Indicates that the woman conducts her business under candlelight.
Always aware of Mama Zuzu's watchful eye
References Mama Zuzu, suggesting a watchful figure overseeing the activities.
How many young boys have lost their innocence
Reflects on the loss of innocence experienced by young men involved with the dancer.
Turned into old men wonderin' where their money went
Comments on the consequences, as these young men grow old and question where their money went.
What happened 20 years ago seem like yesterday
Reflects on events from 20 years ago that still feel recent.
I don't drive through that part of town, I go the other way
States the narrator avoids a specific part of town due to past memories.
She still dances through my bedroom every time I go to sleep
Implies that the woman's memory lingers, appearing in the narrator's dreams.
To the rhythm of the music that the squeezebox player keeps
Connects the woman's presence in the narrator's dreams to the music played by a squeezebox.
I smell the incense burning Mama Zuzu's cigarette
Evokes sensory details, mentioning incense, Mama Zuzu's cigarette, and the Louisiana heat wave.
Louisiana heat wave and the midnight sumer sweat
Describes the setting with a reference to the environment and weather.
Somewhere down that alley there's an old run down saloon
Points to a run-down saloon in an alley where the woman is anticipated.
And she's waiting there for me at Club Zydeco Moon
Suggests the woman is waiting for the narrator at Club Zydeco Moon.
She danced around my table
Reiterates the woman dancing around the narrator's table.
Flashin' gris-gris eyes at me
Repeats the description of the woman's captivating gaze and movement to a squeezebox melody.
Swayin' to the tempo of a squeezebox melody
Restates the woman reaching for money from the narrator's hand.
She reached down and snatched the folded money from my fist
Reiterates the temptation and ease of giving into the woman's allure.
So easy to give into and too hard to resist
Reemphasizes the difficulty of resisting the woman's charms.
She was a dancer
Concludes by repeating the woman's identity as a dancer at Club Zydeco Moon.
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