Live from the Bitter End in NYC, with thanks to Si Twining for the recording.

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My tribute to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the other soul survivors.

Janie was the only child of a Bayou riverman
Grew up to know just about what's goin' down
Late nights, she'd dream jazz so blue she couldn't stand
She grew up to bring the Delta down with a backstreet band

And there's the Big Man, talkin' to the Plan,
Tryin' to understand if the empty hand is a put-on
Slipped him in with the quick spin
Beat him to the pin with a bottle of the gin and a come-on
And now they're doin' their own thing

She got 'em kickin' on the front porch
She got 'em bangin' on the back door
She got 'em movin' don't know what for
On and on and on and on, come on
She got 'em jumpin' like they never seen
She got 'em jivin' like they're seventeen
She got 'em kickin' down in New Orleans
At the club they call The On & On

Unseen off of Dauphine
Well, the word got passed around
Among the vieux with a mon dieu
She kept 'em comin' for the sound
In your face with a string bass
Pumpin' horns comin' from behind
Janie'd pick and they'd all kick
She got 'em runnin' from their mind

And there's the Mighty Gack blowin' the attack
Wanna pass it back up into the sax and come on
Miss Muffett sittin' with the girls on the tuffet
Till the Spider beside her decide to take her for a walk-on
And now they're doin' their own thing

[Chorus]

And when the sun slips away from the night
She's startin' over again
SHe got the soul to keep on keepin' on
Late at night when the hurtin' comes
Well, that curtain comes to wipe her tears away
She got to know she's the sole reason
It keeps on goin' on
It keeps on goin' on and on and on and on and on