[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