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Wed Aug-31-05 11:46 AM
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"New Orleans Is Sinking" by the Tragically Hip: Songs for New Orleans |
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"New Orleans Is Sinking"
Bourbon blues on the street loose and complete Under skies all smoky blue-green I can Forksake the dixie dead shake So we dance the sidewalk clean My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim
Colonel Tom What's wrong? What's Going On You can't tie yourself up for a deal He said" Hey North you're south shut you big mouth You gotta do what you feel is real." Ain't got no picture postcards ain't go no souvenirs My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking about those years
Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire Sucking up to someone just stoke the fire Picking out the highlights of the scenery Saw a little cloud looked a little like me
I had My hand in the river My feet back up on the banks Looked up to the lord above and said hey man thanks Some time I fell so good I gotta scream She says Gordie baby I know exactly what you mean She said, she said I swear to god she said
My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim
by the Tragically Hip
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:04 PM
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1. The Planet of New Orleans |
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Standin' on the corner Of Toulouse and Dauphine Waitin' on Marie-Ondine I'm tryin' to place a tune Under a Louisiana moonbeam On the planet of New Orleans
In a bar they call The Saturn And in her eyes of green And somethin' that she said in a dream Inside of my suit I got my mojo root And a true love figurine For the planet of New Orleans
New Orleans - the other planet With other life upon it And everythin' that's shakin' in between If you should ever land upon it You better know what's on it The planet of New Orleans
Now I'm tryin' to find my way Through the rain and the steam I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen And then I heard her say Somethin' in the Limousine 'Bout takin' a ride across the planet of New Orleans
If she was an ace And I was just a jack And the cards were never seen We could have been the king and queen But she took me back to her courtyard Where magnolia perfume screams Behind the gates and the granite Of the planet of New Orleans
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:20 PM
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2. Walkin' To New Orleans ~ Fats Domino |
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It's time I'm walkin' to New Orleans I'm walkin' to New Orleans I'm going to need two pair of shoes When I get through walkin' to you When I get back to New Orleans
I've got my suitcase in my hand Now, ain't that a shame I'm leavin' here today Yes, I'm goin' back home to stay Yes, I'm walkin' to New Orleans
You used to be my honey Till you spent all my money No use for you to cry I'll see you bye and bye Cause I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I've got no time for talkin' I've got to keep on walkin' New Orleans is my home That's the reason why I'm goin' Yes, I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I'm walkin' to New Orleans I'm walkin' to New Orleans I'm walkin' to New Orleans
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:24 PM
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3. The Battle of New Orleans ~ Johnny Horton |
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In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin. There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. We fired once more and they began to runnin' on Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down the river and we see'd the British come. And there must have been a hundred of'em beatin' on the drum. They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring. We stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eye We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well. Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... well
Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.**
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down. So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round. We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind.
Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.**
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:25 PM
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4. Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde |
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There's a crack in the mirror, and a blood stain on the bed There's a crack in the mirror, and a blood stain on the bed Oh, you were a vampire and baby, I'm walking dead Oh, you were a vampire and baby, I'm walking dead
I got the ways and means to New Orleans I'm going down by the river where it's warm and green I'm gonna have a drink, and walk around I got a lot to think about Oh Yeah
There's a rocking chair by the window down the hall I hear something there in the shadow down the hall Oh, you were a vampire and now I am nothing at all Oh, you where a vampire and now I am nothing at all
I got the ways and means to New Orleans I'm going down by the river where it's warm and green I'm gonna have a drink, and walk around I got a lot to think about Oh Yeah
They used to dance in the garden in the middle of the night Dancing out in the garden in the middle of the night Oh, you were a vampire and I may never see the light Oh, you were a vampire and I may never see the light
I got the ways and means to New Orleans I'm going down by the river where it's warm and green I'm gonna have a drink, and walk around I got a lot to think about Oh Yeah
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:27 PM
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5. New Orleans Ladies ~ LaRoux |
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New Orleans ladies A sassy style that will drive you crazy And they hold you like the light Hugs the wick when this candle's burning Them Creole babies Thin and brown and downright lazy And they roll just like a river A little wade will last forever
All the way From Bourbon Street to Esplanade They sashay by... They sashay by...
New Orleans ladies A flair for life, love, and laughter And they hold you like the night Holds a chill when this cold wind's blowing Them Creole babies They strut and sway from dusk til dawn And they roll just like the river A little wade will last forever
All the way From Bourbon Street to Esplanade They sashay by... They sashay by...
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:31 PM
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6. Basin Street Blues ~ Louis Armstrong |
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Won't you come and go with me Down that Mississippi We'll take a boat to the land of dreams Come along with me on, down to New Orleans
Now the band's there to greet us Old friends will meet us Where all them folks goin to the St. Louis Cemetary meet Heaven on earth.... they call it Basin Street
I'm tellin' ya, Basin Street...... is the street Where all them characters from the First street they meet New Orleans..... land of dreams you'll never miss them rice and beans Way down south in New Orleans
They'll be huggin'.... and a kissin' That's what I been missin' And all that music....lord, if you just listen' New Orleans....I got them Basin Street Blues
(instrumental break)
Now ain't you glad you went with me On down that Mississippi We took a boat to the land of dreams Heaven on earth...they call it Basin Street
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Wed Aug-31-05 12:35 PM
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7. I wish I was in New Orleans - Tom Waits |
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I Wish I Was in New Orleans
Well, I wish I was in New Orleans I can see it in my dreams arm-in-arm down Burgundy a bottle and my friends and me hoist up a few tall cool ones play some pool and listen to that tenor saxophone calling me home and I can hear the band begin "When the Saints Go Marching In" by the whiskers on my chin New Orleans, I'll be there
I'll drink you under the table be red nose go for walks the old haunts what I wants is red beans and rice and wear the dress I like so well and meet me at the old saloon make sure there's a Dixie moon New Orleans, I'll be there
and deal the cards roll the dice if it ain't that ole Chuck E. Weiss and Clayborn Avenue me and you Sam Jones and all and I wish I was in New Orleans I can see it in my dreams arm-in-arm down Burgundy a bottle and my friends and me New Orleans, I'll be there
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:15 PM
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By the NEVILLE BROTHERS, the ULTIMATE New Orleans band.
And all those great zydeco musicians too...
And don't forget Dr. John. Or the Marsalis clan.
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:20 PM
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9. "New Orleans Strut": Jack DeJohnette. |
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it's a jazz instrumental, and oddly enough, despite being a jazzman named "DeJohnette", he's from Rochesater or someplace.
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:24 PM
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10. Louisiana 1927 by Randy Newman. Appropriate. |
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"they're trying to wash us away". :-(
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:39 PM
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11. Moon Over Bourbon Street by Sting |
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I unfortunately don't have access to the lyrics at the moment, but it is dedicated to Anne Rice and is a song about a vampire.
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:18 PM
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12. The City of New Orleans |
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Wed Aug-31-05 04:00 PM
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13. New Orleans- Grateful Dead |
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New Orleans
Well, come on everybody take a trip with me Down the Mississippi, down to New Orleans They got the honeysuckle blaming on the honeysuckle vine And love is blaming there all the time They got the French boys swinging from a big old tree Down the Mississippi, down in New Orleans
Well, come on take a stroll down on Basin Street And listen to the music and the Dixieland beat Oh, Magnolia blossom fills the air And you ain't been to heaven if you ain't been there Every Southern Belle is a Mississippi Queen Down the Mississippi, down in New Orleans
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Wed Aug-31-05 04:03 PM
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14. I've had that song in my head since yesterday |
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Good song. I love The Hip.
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