New Orleans

I took a walk in a crowded town

Where if you breathe too deeply

You're likely to drown

But the airs not as thick as the sin I found

In New Orleans.

Rainbow necks on drunken girls

Who'd sell their souls for a string of pearls

I hope there's no place in the world

Like New Orleans

New Orleans is a spooky place

You can see the devil smiling in every face

Voodoo babies put their pins in place

In New Orleans

I took a walk in a crowded town

I saw a dark boy get beaten down

I watched him turn to a reddish brown

In New Orleans

I held his hand and I sang my song

I was lying when I told him there was nothing wrong

I won't be back for sometime long

Not in New Orleans

New Orleans is a spooky place

You can see the devil smiling in every face

Voodoo babies put their pins in place

In New Orleans