I Wish I Was in New Orleans Lyrics

I like my town with a little drop of poisonNobody knows, they're lining up to go insaneI'm all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filterBut I feel much cleaner after it rainsAnd...Read Full Lyrics

I don't mind working, 'cause I used to be jerking off most of my time in bars,I've been a cabbie and a stock clerk and a soda-fountain jock-jerkAnd a manic mechanic on cars.It's ni...Read Full Lyrics

Rusted brandy in a diamond glassEverything is made from dreamsTime is made from honey slow and sweetOnly the fools know what it meansTemptationTemptationTemptationI can't resistI j...Read Full Lyrics

Little black girl in a red dress,On a hot night with a broken shoe.Little black girl you shouldn't never left home,There's probably someone that's still waiting up for you.It's col...Read Full Lyrics

Got no time for the corner boys,Down in the street makin' all that noise,Don't want no whores on eighth avenue,Cause tonight I'm gonna be with you.'Cause tonight I'm gonna take tha...Read Full Lyrics

Outside another yellow moonHas punched a hole in the nighttime, yesI climb through the window and down the streetI'm shining like a new dimeThe downtown trains are fullWith all tho...Read Full Lyrics

There's a place for usSomewhere a place for usPeace and quiet and open airWait for usSomewhereThere's a time for usSomeday there'll be a time for usTime together with time to spare...Read Full Lyrics

Did you hear the news about Edward?On the back of his head he had another faceWas it a woman's face or a young girl?They said to remove it would kill himSo poor Edward was doomedTh...Read Full Lyrics

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 meHoist up a few tall cool ones, play some pool and listenTo that...Read Full Lyrics

Edna Million in a drop-dead suitDutch Pink on a downtown trainTwo-dollar pistol but the gun won't shootI'm in the corner in the pouring rainSixteen men on a dead man's chestAnd I'v...Read Full Lyrics