Fawn Larson

Fawn to Jim & Christy, “At long last, here is your song that I wrote JUST for you!! I based it on my experience as a teenager, going to the Whirlybird, and falling in love with South Louisiana’s culture and music.  It took me a while to write this song – I started it about 5 times before actually feeling attached to a certain melody and flow! For me, this song captures my experience of your wonderland, THE WHIRLYBIRD!!”

 

There are some places that stick with you
No matter how old you get
You never want to forget how they made you feel
I remember putting on my dancing shoes
Driving out over the swamp to a little honky tonk
In the middle of a great big field

I entered as a stranger, I left as a friend
Danced all night to a two-step, I didn’t want it to ever end
And now I’m telling everyone in case they haven’t heard
Ya gotta go let your heart be stolen at The Whirlybird

I was just a girl about sixteen
Coming into my own
Learning about my home in Louisiana
I’d take my fiddle to The Whirlybird
Try to pick up a few new songs
J’ai passé, Jolie Blon –  Oh how much I’ve learned

I entered as a stranger, and I left as a friend.
Danced all night to zydeco,  I didn’t want it to ever end
And now I’m telling everyone in case they haven’t heard
You gotta go let your heart be stolen at The Whirlybird
At The Whirlybird

A few years passed and many miles
I still think about that place
How it shaped my younger days into something magical
You would never think that a barn in the swamp
Would open to a wonderland
Have a six piece band shaking the walls

Yeah you’ll enter as a stranger, and leave as a friend.
Dance all night to a two-step,  you never want it to ever end
Then you’ll want to go tell everyone in case they haven’t heard
You gotta go let your heart be stolen at The Whirlybird
Yeah, you gotta go let your heart be stolen at The Whirlybird
Yeah, you gotta go let your heart be stolen by The Whirlybird
By The Whirlybird