Corpus | Susan Werner

🎵 Corpus | Susan Werner 🎵 - Length: 0:3:57

Corpus - Written by Susan Werner Recorded Live February 17, 2024 Live from Norfolk Street is an on-going concert series recorded live at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. Our live-streamed concert series is listener supported. For access to our catalog of full length shows, extras, encores, and interviews, become a contributing member at: https://livefromnorfolkstreet.com/ Lyrics: Well, I drove down from Dallas with low expectations To visit a friend and some distant relations I arrived late at night in the mood for libations Made a beeline for the rooftop bar And I ordered a Shiner and I poured it out slowly All the lights of the city all twinkling below me I looked out at the water, all dark, vast, and knowing 'Neath the party light strings of the stars Have you ever seen Corpus from the Omni Hotel? With the bay in the moonlight as it catches the swells If you have, you might fall for this city as well As I did, God forbid, but I did Ooh, yes I did, God forbid, but I did In the morning the sun rose above Mustang Island And the breeze blew the sand across the bay half a mile and I looked out of my window, and I caught myself smiling At this total surprise of a view And the Gulf wore a ball gown, all shimmering and seamless All the wind turbines turning like some great ballerinas And my friend tried to tell me they keep out the mosquitoes But that wasn't entirely true Have you ever seen Corpus from the Omni Hotel? With the bay in the moonlight as it catches the swells If you have, you might fall for this city as well As I did, God forbid, but I did Ooh, yes I did, God forbid, but I did Have you ever seen Corpus from the Omni Hotel? With the daredevil kite surfers riding the swells If you have, you might fall for this city as well As I did, God forbid, but I did