Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song New Orleans Is Sinking , by - The Tragically Hip. Release date: 07.11.2005
Song language: English
New Orleans Is Sinking |
| Bourbon blues on the street, loose and complete |
| Under skies all smokey blue-green |
| I can’t forsake a dixie dead-shake |
| So we danced the sidewalk clean |
| My memory is muddy, what’s this river that I’m in? |
| New Orleans is sinking man and I don’t wanna swim |
| Colonel Tom, What’s wrong? |
| What’s going on? |
| You can’t tie yourself up for a deal |
| He said, Hey north you’re south shut your big mouth, you gotta do what you feel |
| is real |
| Ain’t got no picture postcards, ain’t got no souvenirs |
| My baby, she don’t know me when I’m thinking bout those years |
| Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire |
| Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire |
| Picking out the highlights of the scenery |
| Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me I had my hands in the river |
| My feet back up on the banks |
| Looked up to the lord above |
| And said, Hey man thanks |
| Sometimes I feel so good, I gotta scream |
| She said Gordie baby I know exactly what you mean |
| She said, she said, I swear to god she said… |
| My memory is muddy what’s this river that I’m in? |
| New Orleans is sinking man and I don’t wanna swim |