the clouds didn t look like cotton they didn t even look like clouds i was underneath the weather my friends looked like a crowd the swimmin hole was full of rum i tried to find out why all i learned was this my friend you got to swim before you fly i got two girls one s in heaven and one s below oh one i love with all my heart and one i do not know two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse passed by not long ago asked me where the action was i said i did not know as they disappeared into the brush i heard the driver say he s a little slow between the ears he s always been that way  i got two girls one s in heaven and one s below oh one i love with all my heart and one i do not know jolly jane just lays around and listens with her mouth she s had about a dozen husbands and the last one pulled out who will bring her dinner in the weary years ahead all she ll get from me is sympathy i got no time to see she s fed i got two girls one s in heaven and one s below oh one i love with all my heart and one i do not know it s cold down on the bayou they say it s in your mind but the moccasins are treadin ice and leavin strange designs cajuns say the last time this happened they weren t here aw beaumont s full of penguins and i m a playin it by ear i got two girls one s in heaven and one s below oh one i love with all my heart and one i do not know i got two girls one s in heaven and one s below oh one i love with all my heart and one i do not know