Perry

Perry - Melancon

Rod Melancon – vocal
Brian Whelan – guitars
Craig McIntyre – drums, tambourine
Lee Pardini – bass, synth bass, wurlitzer

Rod Melancon – Blue Élan Music / Rod Melancon Publishing SESAC

Raised on the south side of Lafayette
If there’s a tougher man born I aint met him yet
Aint nobody mess with Perry
Come out alive

And I seen him knock them boys down on Friday night
You know my daddy used to say the boy was born to fight
Aint nobody mess with Perry
Come out alive

When my brother died he said it should’ve been him
Lying on the road watching the lights grow dim
Poor Perry never was afraid of dying
And he had my back since I was young
His fist bawled up just like a loaded gun
Aint nobody mess with Perry
Come out alive

Well he started sharing needles and getting high
Before too long he told his freedom goodbye
Aint nobody mess with Perry
Come out alive

We’d drive up to see him every now and then
He’d spend the rest of his life locked up in the pen
Aint nobody mess with Perry
Come out alive

Well my momma wished him off to heaven last night
She said Perry let go just go to the light
But we all know he died pissed off and crying
And the whole thing never made sense to me
A moment in time I swore I’d never see
Aint nobody mess with Perry
Come out alive
No aint nobody mess with Perry
Come out alive