Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Kingfish, artist - Levon Helm. Date of issue: 31.12.2008
Song language: English
Kingfish |
| There’s a hundred thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans |
| In New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere |
| But your house could fall down |
| Your baby could drown |
| Wouldn’t none of those Frenchmen care |
| Everybody gather 'round |
| Loosen up your suspenders |
| Hunker down on the ground |
| I’m a cracker |
| And you are too |
| But don’t I take good care of you |
| Who built the highway to Baton Rouge? |
| Who put up the hospital and built you schools? |
| Who looks after shit-kickers like you? |
| The Kingfish do |
| Who gave a party at the Roosevelt Hotel? |
| And invited the whole north half of the state down there for free |
| The people in the city |
| Had their eyes bugging out |
| Cause everyone of you |
| Looked just like me |
| Kingfish, Kingfish |
| Everybody sing |
| Kingfish, Kingfish |
| Every man a king |
| Who took on the Standard Oil men |
| And whipped their ass |
| Just like he promised he’d do? |
| Ain’t no Standard Oil men gonna run this state |
| Gonna be run by little folks like me and you |
| Kingfish, Kingfish |
| Friend of the working man |
| Kingfish, Kingfish |
| The Kingfish gonna save this land |