Tonart: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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by like writing on a wall
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to New Orleans
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Dipping into Texas as the stars
are fading out
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But there's still a lot
of country in-between
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Am
When When I left California,
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I was 29 years old
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And the world just spun me 'round
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Now I just watch Louisiana
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Scroll across the windowpane
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And I face in the direction I am bound
Verse 2
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Cov er up the sun
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Let the river run
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Make the wa ters come
Verse 3
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Me, Clifton and the King of Cats
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sat down in the road
He said "I've sat with river rats
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And I've hung my hat with diplomats
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I had 4 brothers once upon a time"
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He said they toured the country far
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away from the Rio Grande
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But the road just wore them down
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So they bought a house beside a
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lake outside of New Orleans
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Dm
And they stared in the direction
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of the escalating sound
Verse 4
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Cov er up the sun
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Let the river run
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Take this good man's son
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Verse 5
Sister Indecipherable
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is talking to a wall
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she's a queen
Resurrect or genuflect
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She saves the ones she
can't protect
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And keeps the chapel pris-
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She drinks Absinthe mixed with kerosene
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To keep herself upright
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But the world still brings her down
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If you can't keep your shit together when
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God is on your side
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What chance do you have
Verse 6
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Cover up the sun
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Dm
Make that water run
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Em
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Let the river come to wash
me away
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Verse 7
People of the Mardi Gras
Em
in their Tuesday best
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C
Waiting for the South to rise again
Children of Geronimo griev
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and marching the refrain
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In the dark of Armstrong Park
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The marching bands attend
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But they never make a sound
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Just a quiet prayer for Congo Square
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A silent conversation there
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With the night to rest our eyes in
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We just look to the horizon for a change
Verse 8
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Cov er up the sun
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Let the river run
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Pray the waters come
Verse 9
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Color in the sky
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Make the diesel fly
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Lay me down to die and take me away
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