Inspired by the events that have changed New Orleans forever.
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Story behind the song
New Orleans, once a great city full of life, love and hope, has been beaten, robbed and left for dead.
Lyrics
A blind man and a pauper,
a pastor and a thief
were holed up in a hotel room
playing cards on a dirty sheet
Two hands were quickly folded
a gun was slowly drawn
The blind man played an old guitar
while they all sang along
I used to know a lady many years ago
she lived in a mansion by the gulf of Mexico
till the rains came and washed away her home beside the sea
Every night was a party, every day a jamboree
The pastor gave a blessing
for those who have been lost
whose spirts are still floating
beneath the spanish moss
The thief smiled at the pauper
shot the pastor through the chest,
climbed out of the window
a'singing beneath his breath
I used to know a lady many years ago
she lived in a mansion by the gulf of Mexico
till the rains came and washed away her home beside the sea
Every night was a party, every day a jamboree
The hotel room is empty now
yellow tape across the door
a dead rat in the corner
a chalk outline on the floor
The last I heard the pauper
had jumped into the sea
the blind man's left with nothing but
a tin cup and a memory
I used to know a lady many years ago
she lived in a mansion by the gulf of Mexico
till the rains came and washed away her home beside the sea
Every night was a party, every day a jamboree
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