It was sometime after midnight nI was looking for a friendnMy headlights lit her bodynBy some pine trees on a bendnI slowed down right beside hernI turned the music down nShe looked around and climbed insidenShe didn't make a soundnn[Chorus]nEvangelinenEvangelinenEvangelinennWell soon we started talkin'nI asked her for her namenShe said it's not importantnBut I'll tell you anyway nMy mother loved the bayou nMy daddy worked the landnThe named me after what they lovednSo the world would understandnn[Chorus]nnWe stopped just passed the crossroadsnShe thanked me once againnI didn't want to leave her nBut I drove on just the samenI thought about her storynWords whispered from her mouthnHer beauty and her innocents nWhere credit to her soundnn[Chorus]nnI could not believe nShe was gone when I returnednThe forest evening chorus nwas the only sound I heardnNow if you ever see hernBe sure to say hello nHer level thumbnMy stop you nIf you're westbound and alonenn[Chorus]