I step off of the aeroplane And the hull cuts through my clothes Like I was naked I walked down to the baggage claim And the situation there is what I expected My bags were left in Memphis And I'm standin' there, wonderin' what to do When a cat walks up from the local news And says, "Can I get an interview?" No, no, no, no I said no, no, no, no No, no, no Another night in the life of a swamp fox We get into a taxi cab and we're late So we rush down to the Colossuem Promotion man at the front door And I can tell no matter what I say That it just won't please him He said that the tickets are sellin' too slow And now it's starting to rain When a cat walks up with soulful look And says, "Can you spare some change?" No, no, no, no He said no, no, no, no No, baby Another night in the life of a swamp fox And now we walk out on the stage And we get into a thing called Polk Salad Annie For some of you never been down south And it's lookin' like we got it made Till it gets to the part where it says That the gators got your granny The people are feelin' the music And the groove is knockin' me out When a cat hollers out from the front row And says, "Can you play it, wipe out?" No, no, no, no I said no, baby No, no, no, no Another night in the life of a swamp fox No, baby No, I can't play that song