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Louisa, Please Come Home Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver

Past Demons

2022

[LOUISA'S VOICEMAIL, spoken]
Hey, it's me. Leave a message
[MOTHER]
Louisa
Please come home, girl
Been three long years
Since we saw you last
[MOTHER, PAUL, MRS. J]
Louisa
[MOTHER]
I promise you
We'll leave the past in the past
[LOUISA]
Once a year since I left on my own
My momma's gonna blow up my telephone
[LOUISA, MOTHER]
"Louisa,"
[LOUISA]
She cries
[LOUISA, MOTHER]
"Why'd you run away?
The night before your poor sister's wedding day?"
[LOUISA]
I admit
I did that purposely
You know my sister Carol
Wasn't nice to me
I'm singin'
[THE RADIO]
Ooh yeah, baby, gonna hurt ya good
Next time, maybe, treat me like you should, yeah!
[LOUISA]
Suck it, Carol!
My whole plan succeeded flawlessly
Except that stupid Paul caught a glimpse of me
[LOUISA, PAUL]
"Louisa,"
[LOUISA]
He said
[LOUISA, PAUL]
"Where's your bus off to?"
[LOUISA]
I smiled and said
"Paul, just got shit to do"
Off the bus, a couple transfers, then
A train to some new city where I'd start again
But as I left the station
[MOTHER, PAUL, MRS. J]
(Louisa...)
[LOUISA]
I panicked I'd be found
[MOTHER, PAUL, MRS. J]
(Please come home, girl...)
[LOUISA]
A fatal complication
[MOTHER, PAUL, MRS. J]
(Come back, Louisa)
[LOUISA]
But as I looked around
Nobody sees you
No one at all
Didn't you know, you're invisible?
Blend in the background
A cipher at most
Flesh and blood
But a conspicous ghost
Nobody sees you
Isn't it queer?
You may be somewhere
But girl, not here
Look in their eyes
Not a soul do they see
Now who is Louisa?
She sure ain't me
[MOTHER, PAUL, MRS. J]
Who is Louisa?
[LOUISA]
Seasons passed, I got a place to stay
With darling Mrs. Jewel, I called Mrs. J
Louisa, it seems stayed a red hot case
And often on the news they display my face
I'd tense up and shake like such a fool
Until I turned to Mrs. J and asked, real cool
"Oh, don't I look like her here?"
[MOTHER, PAUL, MRS. J]
(Louisa, Louisa...)
[LOUISA]
I mean, the match was plain!
[MOTHER, PAUL, MRS. J]
(Please come home, girl...)
[LOUISA]
She took one look and said
[LOUISA, MRS. J]
"Sure, dear
My dear, don't be so vain"
[LOUISA]
Nobody sees you
No one at all
Didn't you know, you're invisible?
Blend in the background
A cipher at most
Flesh and blood
But a conspicous ghost
Nobody sees you
Isn't it queer?
You may be somewhere
But girl, not here
Look in their eyes
Not a soul do they see
Now who is Louisa?
She sure ain't me
Everything was going great
Everything was set, I had a job and all
Then a tragic twist of fate
Though three years had passed
I had to run into Paul
[LOUISA, PAUL]
"Louisa,"
[LOUISA]
He cried, with his stupid voice
[LOUISA, PAUL]
"You have to come home
And you don't have a choice"
[LOUISA]
And as Paul paid our taxi
(Louisa...)
I had the strangest thought
Truth was, I wanted to come back, see
I wanted to be caught
(spoken)
Mother?
...It's good to see you
[MOTHER]
You're not Louisa
Nor she before
Paul's brought so many
I've simply lost score
It's breaking our family
It isn't some game
Tell me straight:
What's your actual name?
[LOUISA]
Louisa —
[MOTHER]
We're, sure you'd know secrets
That only she'd know
Here's 20 dollars;
I think you should go
One look in your eyes
It's a stranger I see
You're not Louisa
[LOUISA]
I am Louisa
Nobody sees you
No one at all
Didn't you know, you're invisible?
You blend in the background
A cipher at most
Flesh and blood
But a conspicous ghost
Nobody sees you
Isn't it queer?
You may be somewhere
But girl, not here
Look in their eyes
Not a soul do they see
Now who is Louisa?
(spoken)
She sure ain't me
Credits
Ryan Scott Oliver

Ryan Scott Oliver

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