| Come on
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| I’m goin’down to New Orleans to see about a friend of mine
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| I’m goin’down to New Orleans and leavin’all of this behind
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| Headin’south from Detroit
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| I got Cajun cookin’on my mind
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| When I get to New Orleans someone gonna treat me right
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| Yeah in a town like New Orleans someone gonna treat me right
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| I’ll be high 10 Rollin’till the early morning break daylight
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| A jambalaya and a crawfish pie gonna start my day
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| But when the sun goes down we gonna «bon temps roulez»
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| Hey
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| I’m goin’down to New Orleans to see about a friend of mine
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| I’m goin’down to New Orleans where the stars on the sidewalk shine
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| Burnin’through Mississippi with the Big Easy on my mind
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| When I get to New Orleans someone gonna treat me right
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| Yeah in a town like New Orleans someone gonna treat me right
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| And I’m gonna party like the devil if the Neville brothers play tonight
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| Jambalaya and a crawfish pie gonna make my day
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| Down on the Bayou singing Hey Pocky Way
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| I’m goin’down to New Orleans to see about a friend of mine
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| Down in New Orleans good peoples they’s hard to find
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| I bet he’s making gumbo and drinkin’homemade wine
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| A jukebox shakin’and breakin’down in New Orleans
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| I’ll be the highest hillbilly that Bourbon Street has ever seen
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| Oh yeah, yeah
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| I’m goin’down to New Orleans to see about a friend of mine
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| I’m goin’down to New Orleans and leavin’all of this behind
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| If the good Lord’s willing and the rivers don’t start to rise
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| And when I get to New Orleans someone’s gonna treat me right
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| Said in a town like New Orleans someone gonna treat me right
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| All the cats in the cradle gonna rock this kid tonight
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| Oh hey
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| A jukebox shakin’and breakin’down in New Orleans
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| And if you’re payin’for fun a french quarters really all you need
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| I’m going Down to New Orleans
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| Down to New Orleans
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| Going down, down
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| Down, down tonight |