Nola

New york is impossibly handsome Impossibly bright But his hands are too busy His shirts are too shiny and tight On fridays he dances to metronomes So he can keep counting All night all night all night Every time that I see her My heart ends up begging to stay She's been calling me to her She tortures me every day Have you been on a joyride Say your best backslide Then rocked all night Till you're trembling and sore? Just take me in your scented arms New orleans I'm coming for more Oh, new orleans I'm coming for more I know angels can lie If it lightens your load They'll be stroking your cheek But they're speaking in code They'll take all your money And then hit the road And leave you broken and smiling He has no use for me He never looks in my eyes Been waking up cursing It's no way to live or to die I've nothing of value to bring you I come to you wasted and poor Please take me in your scented arms New orleans I'm coming for more Oh, new orleans I'm coming for more In the rush and the spin In the flush of my sin She'll be rolling her eyes While she beckons me in Please god, let me love truly Forgive every nation And walk like a woman again Baby I love you But baby I just have to go I've got so much to learn She's got secrets I just have to know I left my true love for you Oh just take everything I'll do what you want me to do Please take me in your scented arms New orleans I'm coming for you Oh, new orleans I'm coming for you Oh, new orleans I'm coming for you