Tom Waits - I Wish I was In New Orleans

I Wish I was In New Orleans
I can see it in my dreams,
Arm-in-arm down Burgundy,
a bottle and my friends and me
Hoist up a few tall cool ones,
play some pool and listen
To that tenor saxophone calling me home
And I can hear the band begin
When the Saints Go Marching In,
And by the whiskers on my chin,
New Orleans, I'll be there
I'll drink you under the table,
be red-nosed, go for walks,
The old haunts what I wants
is red beans and rice
And wear the dress I like so well,
and meet me at the old saloon,
Make sure that there's a Dixie moon,
New Orleans, I'll be there
And deal the cards roll the dice,
if it ain't that old Chuck E. Weiss,
And Claiborne Avenue,
me and you Sam Jones and all
And I wish I was in New Orleans,
'cause I can see it in my dreams,
Arm-in-arm down Burgundy,
a bottle and my friends and me
New Orleans, I'll be there


I Wish I was In New Orleans
I can see it in my dreams,
Arm-in-arm down Burgundy,
a bottle and my friends and me
Hoist up a few tall cool ones,
play some pool and listen
To that tenor saxophone calling me home
And I can hear the band begin
When the Saints Go Marching In,
And by the whiskers on my chin,
New Orleans, I'll be there
I'll drink you under the table,
be red-nosed, go for walks,
The old haunts what I wants
is red beans and rice
And wear the dress I like so well,
and meet me at the old saloon,
Make sure that there's a Dixie moon,
New Orleans, I'll be there
And deal the cards roll the dice,
if it ain't that old Chuck E. Weiss,
And Claiborne Avenue,
me and you Sam Jones and all
And I wish I was in New Orleans,
'cause I can see it in my dreams,
Arm-in-arm down Burgundy,
a bottle and my friends and me
New Orleans, I'll be there


Tom Waits - I Wish I Was In New Orleans

A montage of pictures from New Orleans, post-Katrina, set to "I Wish I Was In New Orleans" by the brilliant Tom Waits.

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