New Orleans

New Orleans, you broke my heart

New Orleans, you took my girl

New Orleans

 

Close all of the schools

Cause the circus is coming to town

The tent stakes are deep in the ground

For the band and the clowns

 

She was short but so perfectly formed

Freckled cheeks and sweet marigold hair

Spinning light as she twirled through the air

You should have seen her up there

 

New Orleans, open your shutters and doors please

Come out on the balconies

Wide-eyed mystery for three nights only

 

We ran through the wet southern air

Under oaks with their moss beards above

Could this be the life that we dreamed of

Three rings for our love

 

Then she fell and I knew I had lost

And she danced straight into your arms

Oh, you devil with all of your charms

Please keep her from harm

 

Oh, how you bury your dead

High above not six feet in the ground

When the rains come, lord how they pound

It’s the saddest of sounds

 

New Orleans, open your shutters and doors please

Come out on the balconies

Wide-eyed mystery for three nights only

New Orleans, open your shutters and doors please

Come out on the balconies

Come and join me for three nights only

Come and join me for three nights only

 

New Orleans, you broke my heart

New Orleans, you took my girl

New Orleans, you broke my heart

New Orleans, you took my world