Year Down In New Orleans Lyrics

From Boston to Southshore in the back of the bus, It's the last winter storm of the season and such And I am lost to the fiction of the book in my lap The snow makes me drowsy, whi...Read Full Lyrics

Now they all sat around in a circle They were laughing and all telling lies Then the tall one he bumped in a dollar Oh he said boys I've got nothing to hide Now if the King and the...Read Full Lyrics

Down at the station the tracks are cold The wheels of thunder, they roll no more And the heart of America cries for the souls Who won't be rollin' home The dragon weeps with empty ...Read Full Lyrics

Take this heart of mine out the winter And let the new life of Springtime come rest at our door May the soul of my brother never bow to the wicked And the hearts of our children wa...Read Full Lyrics

My daddy was a longshoreman in New Orleans, My mamma kept score just watchin' the Mardi Gras, Oh me, I sat on the front porch watchin' the rails roll out, I was waitin' for my Omie...Read Full Lyrics

I am not a child, though you'll treat me as you've always seen me You never saw the changes in a heart grown old and wise Hey, it's good to see you smile, it's been so long between...Read Full Lyrics

Oh the grace that true love holds when hearts grow weary for Time alone You give it room and the warm to hold And it'll always come home True love is faithful all on it's own Hear...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, I used to wish I was a hard line taker, and they'd say, "Six to one a half dozen'll break her", 'till I fell in love with a young man who sang the blues Oh, bless my daddy, he ...Read Full Lyrics