i hear the drunken howls comin up from st charles here in new orleans i can t complain about anything the sweet taste of everything walking down magazine or down esplanade before the cool oak tree shade and then mariette asks why haven t you asked me to marry you yet and then a 78 cadillac drove by and i seem to forget at elizabeth s 7 early evening we walked back to the hotel from gallier along the mississippi river to the faubourg marigny stopped on frenchman street got a table outside and had a nice coffee and then mariette asks why haven t you asked me to have your children yet then a friend of mine came and met us and i seemed to forget headin to the airport lookin at the superdome thinkin bout all the people who d lost their lives and their homes then i look off to the east to the crystal factory content as can be just to be in your company and then mariette asks why haven t you asked me to spend the rest of your life with you yet and i paid the taxi fare and i seemed to forget