If you hear hymns and waltzes in you head
and you haven't been out dancing since your daddy joined the dead
don't let anyone tell you they can try to fix your head
Put on your ballroom gown, Emilie, instead

And of all the girls in all the topless bars in New Orleans,
all they've got are ass and tits and that don't mean a thing
And the sound their money's making is exhausting and it stinks
Finish up your cocktail, Emilie

Hey Emilie, you can't dance to the sound of a freight train running through your head
Hey Emilie, you can't dance to the sound of a swarm of honey bees
Hey Emilie, you can't dance to the sound of a side of bacon sizzling

I went down to the desert on some pills with no name
The doctor couldn't tell me what they were and, man, ain't that a shame?
'Cause everybody needs something to take away the pain