House of the Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I'm one My mother was a tailor Sewed my new blue jeans Daddy was a gamblin' man (down) Way down in New Orleans The one and only thing a gambler ever has Is a suitcase and a trunk The one and only time a gambler's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk (So now) Mothers, tell your children, yeah Not to do what I've done Spend your life in fear and misery In the House of the Rising Sun Well, I got one foot on the platform, yeah The other's on the train I'm goin' back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I'm one And God, I know I'm one In the house of the Rising Sun...