Shel Silverstein - Hoodoo Voodoo Lady Lyrics

Yeah hoodoo voodoo lady cast up your voodoo vision

Let me know where did my baby go where did my lovin' baby go

Hoodoo voodoo lady shake your black cat tooth and your mojo bone

And bring my baby home bring my baby back home yeah



I know she didn't go up to New York City

She thinks that New York City is a little too pretty

I know she didn't go to sunny California

For she thinks that California is a little too phoney

I don't think she went up to north Alaska

She'd've told me cept I might forgot to ask her

And I don't think she went to east St Louis

But she might've gone to China for a little Chop Suey

Wherever she is I'm gonna run right there with you just tell me where

Hoodoo voodoo lady make me a doll that I can stick with pins

So that I can win my baby back again

(Yeah c'mon do somethin' weird and mystical...)

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Yeah I don't think I'll find her in the Okefenokee

Cause the Okefenokee is too wet and smoky

And I don't think I'll find her up in Mississippi

She may be crazy but she ain't that flippy

And she might've seen her sister in Amarillo

And she might've gone to Philly just to see another feller

She might be drillin' oil in North Dakota

Might have gone to Iceland for an icecream soda

But I gotta get her back if I'm gonna get well so cast your spell

Voodoo hoodoo lady mix me a potion hot bubbly and black

That I can sprinkle on her crack and maybe bring my baby back

(Hoodoo voodoo lady let me know where did that woman of mine go)