Intro: Je marche dans les rues enveloppés d'amour
le parfum de la rivière sur une aube froide
l'odeur de la douleur et jubilation
ceci est ma ville que je chérirai mes moments ici
Chorus:
I love you New Orleans I love your sexy style
I love you New Orleans I love your comeback ways
I forgive you New Orleans for the spell on me to stay
Up in Heaven, the Lord looked at me
and said, "Boy you lived". I said, "I sure did I'm from the greatest city in the South"
The Good Lord said, "Ho, That's my kind of town".
(or... "I sure did I'm from the Big, Big, Big Easy
The Good...")
we got the tourists traps, local joints murder spots
good time corners, strippers, prostitutes the whole lot
don't let them catch you with your drawers down
we ain't built for running amok all out of luck
piano in every windowsill, a fleur de lis if you please
wealthy got their balls and etiquette
all I ask is that the Saints don't fail me now
Chorus
V2: strangled by beads, left for dead in the bayou
a rebuild here, old money there
eating my full of the trinity
made with love, made to please
a lid for every pot a recipe for every ailment
french quarter green a beacon to port
V3: closed sign goes up on football night
a church for every religion full of preachers and believers
upper echelon with their good names and fancy mansions
don't step out with a girdle, without her spanx
eighty degrees in a turtleneck and chastity belt purity ring
can't tell the strippers from the good girls on certain nights
God Bless this town
Last Chorus Changeup:
I love you New Orleans I love your devious ways
I love you New Orleans I love your beauty and grace
God Bless you New Orleans when the levee breaks
*****
take two
Intro: Je marche dans les rues enveloppés d'amour
le parfum de la rivière sur une aube froide
l'odeur de la douleur et jubilation
ceci est ma ville que je chérirai mes moments ici
Chorus:
I love you New Orleans I love your sexy style
I love you New Orleans I love your comeback ways
I forgive you New Orleans for the spell on me to stay
Up in Heaven, the Lord looked at me
and said, "Boy you lived". I said, "I sure did I'm from the greatest city in the South"
The Good Lord said, "Ho, That's my kind of town".
(or... "I sure did I'm from the Big, Big, Big Easy
The Good...")
we got the tourists traps, local joints murder spots
good time corners, strippers, prostitutes the whole lot
a piano in every windowsill
fleur de lis in the City Park oak trees
the wealthy got their balls and etiquette
All I ask is that the Saints please don't fail me now
Chorus
V2: strangled by beads, left for dead in the bayou
rebuild here, old money there
a church for every belief eating my full of the trinity
closed sign goes up on football night
preacher tell me I've been living my life right
upper echelon with their good names and fancy mansions
eighty degrees in a turtleneck purity ring flashing
can't tell the strippers from the good girls on certain nights
God Bless this town
Last Chorus Changeup:
I love you New Orleans I love your devious ways
I love you New Orleans I love your beauty and grace
God Bless you New Orleans when the levee breaks
