New Orleans Lyrics

Well I went south with a case of survival to
Amend my heart that's paper thin you see
I felt her words and her images filed i'm
Gonna carry my heart to new orleans
I have no home to go so I wander awhile
From coast to coast from sin to sin from the
Coldest shores to the warmest islands been
Around the world back to new orleans

Well she's got pride like a million lions
She's got scar on her velvet face she's
Got a smile like a newborn child she's
Gotta walk a stoic grace

I never slept that night until
My arrival I romanticized a long embrace
You see I lost my tongue and burned
My bible but I made it back home to new orleans

Well she's got pride....

Well I held my breath and I swam for miles
When all was lost and hell took place you
See it rained all night and the city she
Flooded it rained all night in new orleans